Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on strengthening the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

The Government strongly supports reform to strengthen the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). Ministers and officials have discussed EU ETS reform recently with counterparts in other Member States, as well as the European Commission and industry representatives. My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State will continue these discussions at the forthcoming Green Growth Summit in Brussels, which will be attended by a range of European public and private organisations.