Gordon Brown

Speaking as the UK Cabinet met in Birmingham, where the Prime Minister said he intended to generate one million "green collar" jobs in the UK, the Scottish National Party's Westminster Energy Spokesperson Mike Weir MP questioned Gordon Brown's commitment by highlighting how the UK government rejected plans for a world-leading carbon capture plant at Peterhead.

Commenting on Gordon Brown's attendance at the Jeddah Energy Meeting, SNP Treasury spokesperson Stewart Hosie MP said that it wasn't enough for the Prime Minister to feel people's pain – he had to act to do something about it.