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Housing: Carbon Emissions

Volume 494: debated on Monday 15 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the definition of zero carbon for homes and non-domestic properties; and if he will make a statement. (277014)

The Department is working closely with the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) on the development of our policies on zero carbon homes and non-domestic buildings. DECC is represented at ministerial level on the 2016 task force, which is jointly chaired by the Minister for Housing and Planning and the Executive Chairman of the Home Builders Federation and which brings together key stakeholders at senior level to oversee development and implementation of the zero carbon homes policy.