MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE TRADE
AND INDUSTRY COMMITTEE
TUESDAY 6 JULY 1999 (morning)
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Lindsay Hoyle
Mr Bob Laxton |
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Ms Linda Perham
Helen Southworth |
CONTENTS
Memorandum submitted by the Department
of Trade and Industry and the Department of the Environment, Transport
and the Regions
Examination of witnesses
MR JOHN
BATTLE, a Member of the House,
(Minister for Energy and Industry), DR
COLIN HICKS,
Director—Environment, the Department of Trade and Industry,
MR MICHAEL
MEACHER, a Member of the House,
(Minister for the Environment), and MR
PHILIP WARD,
Director—Energy, Environment and Waste, the Department of
the Environment, Transport and the Regions, examined.
Question Number
1 - 22
Examination of witness
LORD MARSHALL
OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE,
a Member of the House of Lords, attending by leave of that House,
examined.
Question Number
23 - 39
40 - 52
Memorandum submitted by the Energy Intensive
Users Group
Annex
Examination of witnesses
MR IAN
BLAKEY, OBE, Chairman, MS
LISA WATERS,
Economic Adviser, Energy Intensive Users Group, MR
PAUL RATA,
President, Aluminium Federation, MR
GRAHAM FUNNELL,
Head of Environmental and Technical Policy, UK Steel Association,
and DR JIM
ROBERTSON, Terra Nitrogen UK,
examined.
Question Number
53 - 59
60 - 79
Examination of witness
MS PATRICIA
HEWITT, a Member of the House
(Financial Secretary), HM Treasury, examined.
Question Number
80 - 99
100 - 112
TUESDAY 6 JULY 1999 (afternoon)
Members present:
Mr Martin O'Neill, in the Chair
Mr Roger Berry
Mr Christopher Chope
Mr Lindsay Hoyle |
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Ms Linda Perham
Helen Southworth |
Memorandum submitted by the Energy Saving
Trust
Memorandum submitted by Dr Paul Ekins,
Programme Director, Forum for the Future
Memorandum submitted by the Institute
for Public Policy Research
Examination of witnesses
MR PETER
LEHMANN, Chairman, Energy Saving
Trust, MR NICK
EYRE, Head of Policy, Energy Saving
Trust, DR PAUL
EKINS, Director, Forum for the
Future and MR CHRIS
HEWETT, Research Fellow, Institute
for Public Policy Research, examined.
Question Number
113 - 119
120 - 139
140 - 146
Memorandum submitted by the Association
of Electricity Producers
Examination of witnesses
MR DAVID
PORTER, Chief Executive, MS
NICOLA STEEN,
Policy Analyst, MR CHRIS
ANASTASI, Senior Environmental
Advisor, British Energy, MR RICHARD
RIGG, Eastern Generation and Chairman
of the AEP Board, Association of Electricity Producers, examined.
Question Number
147 - 159
160 - 173
Memorandum submitted by the British Retail
Consortium
Examination of witnesses
MR MARK
BRADSHAW, Operation Resources
Director, British Retail Consortium, MS
LUCY NEVILLE-ROLFE,
Director, Corporate Affairs, Tesco, MS
ALISON AUSTIN,
Head of Environmental Affairs, J Sainsbury plc, and MR
ANDREW JONES,
Senior Manager, Engineering and Facilities Management, The Boots
Company, British Retail Consortium, examined.
Question Number
174 - 179
180 - 200
Memorandum submitted by the Confederation
of British Industry
Annex 1 to the CBI response to Customs
and Excise consultation on the Climate Change Levy
Examination of witnesses
MR PETER
AGAR, Deputy Director General
and MR MICHAEL
ROBERTS, Head of Industrial Policy,
Confederation of British Industry
Question Number
201 - 221
Memorandum submitted by the British Cement
Association
Examination of witnesses
MR PHILIP
BRUCE, Chief Executive, Rugby
Cement, Council Member, BCA, and DR
JOHN MOORE,
Director, British Cement Association, examined.
Question Number
222 - 239
240 - 246
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