Sent today:
Dear Ms Milton
I have been reading, with increasing concern, speculation that a number of climate change initiatives may be watered down or scrapped altogether. In particular, there have been suggestions that the Renewable Heat Incentive will never be launched; that the Feed-In Tariff payments could be reduced well ahead of the previously published review date; and that capitalisation of the Green Investment Bank could be in jeopardy. Any one of these actions could spell severe problems for nascent UK green technology industries.
The FITs programme, as recent solar PV uptake statistics have shown, has proved to be a success story in stimulating interest in renewable power generation. To inject uncertainty into the industry at this stage would be a case of snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. Similarly, with the closure of the Low Carbon Building Programme, there is a desperate need to keep the solar hot water sector alive. RHI could do this and signaling now that the government will retain this initiative will do much to retain confidence in the industry. Finally, for the longer term, a vibrant GIB is essential for the promotion of green industries and green jobs in the UK.
The government has claimed that it will be the "greenest ever". The initiatives noted above are key building blocks to achieving that ambition and I urge you to ensure that the Treasury protects them in the current spending review.
I look forward to reading your reply,
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