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Proceeding contribution from Peter Bone (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 30 June 2008. It occurred during Opposition day on Energy Security.


Energy Security

That is entirely right, and if I had the time I would have argued for sustainability. The situation is rather like that of the mobile phone. The first mobile phones were great clunky things that we carried around, and now they are very small. If we do not get the first run of biofuel efficiency right, and if we do not encourage it, we will never get what we want. We now have aeroplanes that can fly on biofuel; Virgin flew a plane across the Atlantic with one if its engines running on biofuel. I want the Government to take biofuels into account, and briefly, I put the following points to the Minister. If we are to have a level playing field for biofuel, the duty must be reduced. It should be reduced by the maximum amount allowed under European Union rules, which is 25 per cent. I would like to know whether the Minister supports that idea. Why not make 50 per cent. of the Government agency fleet eco-friendly vehicles, such as those that use biofuel? Why not exempt flex-fuel cars from the congestion charge? Why not give free parking to people who use biofuel cars, or low energy emitting cars?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
478 c644-5 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Conservation Coal Climate change Carbon capture and storage Finance Environment protection Energy Energy supply Electricity Fuel poverty Fuels Imports Oil Natural gas Nuclear power Prices Microgeneration Storage Renewable energy Wave power Tidal power Winter fuel payment Carbon emissions
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