Susan Elan Jones – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Susan Elan Jones on 2014-06-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of carbon reduction targets on jobs in the wood panelling sector.

Gregory Barker

The Government is committed to ensuring that industrial sectors maintain their competitiveness during the transition to a low-carbon economy, and continue to invest and provide employment in the UK. We have recognised the additional costs that climate and energy policies can place on energy-intensive industries, including the wood panelling sector, and announced a range of new measures in Budget 2014 to radically reduce these costs, in addition to the compensation measures already in place.