Pre-Budget 2004 and Budget 2005: Tax, Appraisal, and the Environment

HC 261, Seventh Report of Session 2004-05 - Report, Together with Formal Minutes, Oral and Written Evidence

Author:

House of Commons - Envoronmental Audit Committee

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

The Committee's report examines the measures in the latest Pre-Budget report (Cm 6408, available below) and 2005 Budget (HCP 372, available below) in relation to environmental objectives, as well as more generally the Government's progress on environmental tax reform and spending.

This report also:

• examines the increasing use of Regulatory Impact Assessments as the central mechanism for assessing costs and benefits of legislation, including environmental impacts

• summarises key energy policy issues in the context of the Climate Change Programme review currently being undertaken

Conclusions drawn include concern that it has taken so long for the Government to acknowledge its Climate Change strategy is off course, and that the difficulties encountered in reducing emissions reflect the need for a far greater priority to be given to mainstreaming environmental objectives.

The Committee recommends that the Government should establish a Cabinet Committee for Climate Change to drive forward action and to draw together responsibility for energy policy in one department.

Extent	162 pages	ISBN	9780215024336
Size	A4	Price	£20.00
Binding	Paperback	Published	13 Apr 2005
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