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Climate Committee Chair: Green power package is realistic

Tim Yeo said Ed Davey had "come out ahead on points" in negotiations.
Tim Yeo said Ed Davey had "come out ahead on points" in negotiations. Credit: PA

Tim Yeo, Chairman of the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee, said Liberal Democrat Ed Davey's Energy Department had "come out ahead on points" in negotiations, and he described the Treasury's package of support for green power as "realistic".

He told BBC Radio 4's Today: "I personally think that a couple of pounds a week - maybe rising to almost £3 a week - is a reasonable price for Britain to achieve a degree of energy security to reduce its total dependence on fossil fuels and to honour its commitments to cut green house gases."

Yeo: PM will prove he is a 'man, not a mouse' over Heathrow

Tim Yeo, a former environment minister and head of the Commons energy and climate change committee, has told ITV News he thought the Prime Minister would show he was a "man, not a mouse" over the third runway at Heathrow.

He was speaking in response to the challenge he posed David Cameron on the issue in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.

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