Pat McFadden (Labour)

The Insolvency Service has not signed up to this specific initiative to cut carbon emissions. The agency has however already made significant progress towards reducing its carbon emissions, including through the introduction of new IT, which utilises ‘thin-client’ desktop devices. In addition we have developed a strategic action plan, which should see further substantial improvements in our contribution to the climate change agenda over the coming years.

The National Measurement Office is committed to contributing to the Government’s aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the UK. However, it will not be in a position to sign up to the 10:10 campaign in the terms which have been proposed. This is because we will shortly be taking on new activities here connected with enforcing certain environmental regulations, notably the Energy Using Products Regulations. We expect that this work, by supporting the effective enforcement of these regulations, will have a significantly larger effect on reducing emissions across the country than attempting to impose restrictions on energy use within our own building which would hinder this important regulatory work.

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