To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make it her policy that the initial allowances for the aviation sector within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme be subject to auction. (191824)

[holding answer 5 March 2008]: Decisions on the inclusion of aviation in the EU emissions trading scheme require international agreement. Under the agreement at the December 2007 Environment Council meeting, 10 per cent. of the initial allocation of carbon allowances to the aviation sector would be auctioned. The December agreement also made a provision for the level of auctioning to be reviewed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make it her policy that the cap for the aviation sector within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme be set at 90 per cent. of 2004 to 2006 average emissions. (191825)

[holding answer 5 March 2008]: Decisions on the inclusion of aviation in the EU emissions trading scheme require international agreement. Under the agreement at the December 2007 Environment Council meeting, the emissions cap for aviation would be set at 100 per cent. of the average historical emissions in 2004 to 2006. The December agreement also made provision for there to be a review of the emissions cap.