Green Liberal DemocratsAt least half of the 38 Ministers and officials that the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) are taking to the Copenhagen Conference will be travelling by plane, research by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. The information was released in answer to Parliamentary Questions.
Liberal Democrat Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Simon Hughes will be travelling to the Copenhagen conference by train next weekend. The cost of his travel will be cheaper than the average £460 that DECC is paying to send each of its ministers and civil servants to the Conference.
Commenting, Simon Hughes said:
"It's a disgrace that ministers and officials are flying today to attend the Copenhagen Conference.
"They are supposed to be discussing how to save the world from a climate crisis and yet many of them are using the most polluting form of transport available - and at a very high cost to the public.
"I will be travelling to the conference by train, a method of transport far less damaging to the environment. It may take a little longer to get there, but it certainly will cost less than the people at the Department of Climate Change are spending on their travel.
"Labour has to wake up and realise that words are not what is needed to avert a climate crisis, it is real action that counts."
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