Chris Huhne, Member of Parliament for Eastleigh

FLIGHT COMMENTS SHOW BLAIR'S ENVIRONMENTALISM IS SKIN DEEP - HUHNE

12.00.00am GMT Tue 9th Jan 2007

Responding to the Prime Minister's comments today on Sky News about discouraging people from flying, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary, Chris Huhne MP said:

"The Prime Minister is asking people to do as he says not as he does. It is little hardship offsetting your holiday flights by backing equivalent carbon absorbing activities.

"These remarks show just how skin-deep Tony Blair's environmentalism really is.

"The key issue is putting in place a framework - green taxes not higher taxes - that will help us to create a sustainable planet for our children and grandchildren. On this, the Government has gone backwards."

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