The Labour Party has released letters and emails regarding their negotiations with the Government over the emissions trading scheme.

The file includes Labour MPs’ correspondence with Climate Change Minister Nick Smith and Prime Minister John Key.

On the Red Alert blog, Labour MP Charles Chauvel says, “As you will see, we were assuming that our meetings would be continuing as we got down to agreement on a MoU and proceeded in a fair fashion.”

On Monday the Government announced that it had reached a deal with the Maori Party to progress the scheme.

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