Environment minister Joan Ruddock has given low energy lighting her strong backing answering questions in environment question time in Parliament on 12 June. She said she agreed “absolutely” about the value of LEDs, revealing that a new energy technology criteria list will be published “probably in a couple of months’ time” – and some white LEDs will be on that list. Products that meet the criteria will be eligible to be put on the energy technology product list, which in turn makes them eligible for enhanced capital allowances (ECAs), which are administered by the Carbon Trust, Ms Ruddock said.

She added “LED technology is part of our considerations, and will continue to be so, because we think that it has great potential.” Hansard, 12 June: Column 436