Public Sector Carbon Emissions

EDM number 1554 in 2006-07, proposed by Colin Challen on 23/05/2007.

That this House notes that the public sector is responsible for five per cent. of total UK carbon emissions and is a significant player in the commercial tenancy market; welcomes the Government's targets for carbon and energy efficiency performance on its own estate as set out in the 2004 Energy Efficiency Action Plan and restated in the 2005 Common Minimum Standards for public sector building procurement; welcomes in particular its commitment to procure only buildings in the top quartile of energy performance, believing that this will have a marked effect on the wider commercial property market; notes with concern that, according to a new report from the National Audit Office, most Government departments and agencies are failing to meet these targets, which will in turn render unachievable the new carbon and energy efficiency targets laid down in the March 2007 Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate; further notes with concern that 14 Government departments are less energy efficient than they were in 2000 and that sustainable public buildings can save at least £20 million per year through energy and water saving; and therefore calls for a renewed commitment by the Government that the energy standards of the buildings it purchases, leases or procures will be in the top quartile of energy performance in order to meet its energy and carbon targets and to transform the wider commercial property market.

This motion has been signed by a total of 203 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Colin Challen	23/05/2007	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Proposed
Alan Whitehead	23/05/2007	Southampton, Test	Labour	Seconded
John Gummer	23/05/2007	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Seconded
Julia Goldsworthy	23/05/2007	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Drew	23/05/2007	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Nick Hurd	23/05/2007	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	23/05/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	23/05/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	23/05/2007	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	23/05/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	23/05/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	24/05/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	24/05/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	24/05/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	24/05/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/05/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	24/05/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	04/06/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
John Hemming	04/06/2007	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	04/06/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	04/06/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	04/06/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	04/06/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	04/06/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	04/06/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	04/06/2007	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	04/06/2007	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	04/06/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	05/06/2007	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
John Thurso	05/06/2007	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	05/06/2007	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Danny Alexander	05/06/2007	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	05/06/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	05/06/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	05/06/2007	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	05/06/2007	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	05/06/2007	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/06/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	05/06/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/06/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	05/06/2007	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	05/06/2007	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	06/06/2007	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	06/06/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	06/06/2007	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Tim Yeo	06/06/2007	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	06/06/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	06/06/2007	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Clive Betts	06/06/2007	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Gregory Barker	06/06/2007	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	06/06/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	06/06/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	06/06/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	06/06/2007	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/06/2007	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tom Brake	06/06/2007	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	06/06/2007	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Mark Williams	07/06/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	07/06/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	07/06/2007	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	07/06/2007	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cousins	07/06/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	07/06/2007	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	07/06/2007	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	07/06/2007	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	07/06/2007			Signed
Ian Lucas	07/06/2007	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	07/06/2007	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ian Gibson	11/06/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	11/06/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	11/06/2007	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/06/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	11/06/2007	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	11/06/2007	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Anderson	11/06/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	11/06/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Edward Davey	11/06/2007	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	11/06/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	11/06/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	11/06/2007	Medway	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	11/06/2007	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	11/06/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	11/06/2007	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	11/06/2007	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	12/06/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	12/06/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nia Griffith	12/06/2007	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	12/06/2007	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	12/06/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	12/06/2007	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	12/06/2007	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	12/06/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	12/06/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	12/06/2007	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
John Spellar	12/06/2007	Warley	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	13/06/2007	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	13/06/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	13/06/2007	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/06/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	13/06/2007	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	13/06/2007	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	13/06/2007	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
John Battle	13/06/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	13/06/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	13/06/2007	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Clare Short	13/06/2007	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	13/06/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	13/06/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Heyes	13/06/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	13/06/2007	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	13/06/2007	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/06/2007	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	14/06/2007	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Natascha Engel	14/06/2007	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	14/06/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	14/06/2007	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/06/2007	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	14/06/2007	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	14/06/2007	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	15/06/2007	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	15/06/2007	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Wright	18/06/2007	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Sarah Teather	18/06/2007	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	18/06/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	18/06/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	18/06/2007	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	18/06/2007	Dover	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	19/06/2007	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	19/06/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	19/06/2007	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	19/06/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/06/2007	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	19/06/2007	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	19/06/2007	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	20/06/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Stewart Hosie	20/06/2007	Dundee East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Nadine Dorries	20/06/2007	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	20/06/2007	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Clive Efford	20/06/2007	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/06/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Peter Luff	20/06/2007	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/06/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	20/06/2007	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Borrow	21/06/2007	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	25/06/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elliot Morley	25/06/2007	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	25/06/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	27/06/2007	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	27/06/2007	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	28/06/2007	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	28/06/2007	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	28/06/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	28/06/2007	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	28/06/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Adam Holloway	29/06/2007	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lancaster	29/06/2007	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Lynda Waltho	29/06/2007	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Richard Benyon	02/07/2007	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Martin Linton	02/07/2007	Battersea	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	03/07/2007	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	03/07/2007	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	04/07/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	09/07/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	10/07/2007	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	10/07/2007	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	10/07/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	10/07/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	10/07/2007	Reading West	Labour	Signed
John Horam	11/07/2007	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	11/07/2007	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann McKechin	11/07/2007	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	11/07/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	12/07/2007	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	12/07/2007	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	12/07/2007	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	12/07/2007	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Emily Thornberry	16/07/2007	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	16/07/2007	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	16/07/2007	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	16/07/2007	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Gary Streeter	16/07/2007	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
David Simpson	16/07/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Lembit	18/07/2007	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Vaizey	18/07/2007	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	18/07/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	19/07/2007	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	23/07/2007	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
John Austin	23/07/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	24/07/2007	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Simon Hughes	25/07/2007	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	26/07/2007	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	08/10/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Simon Burns	22/10/2007	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Jim Sheridan	23/10/2007	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	23/10/2007	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	25/10/2007	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	25/10/2007	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Richard Ottaway	25/10/2007	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Miller	25/10/2007	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	Unknown			Withdrawn
Angela Eagle	Unknown			Withdrawn
Sadiq Khan	Unknown			Withdrawn
Nicholas Brown	Unknown			Withdrawn

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