Ms Marie Donnelly:

I do not think it is relevant so much for the ETS for a number of reasons. First, methane is a real issue for us because we have a significant agricultural sector. The same issues do not arise in other parts of Europe or, indeed, the world. By its nature, methane is different from carbon, so I think there are other measures we can and should use on methane other than the ETS and that we should leave the ETS as it is for carbon. ETS, as a carbon mechanism, is probably correct as it stands.