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Proceeding contribution from Viscount Eccles (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 23 March 2009. It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009.


Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009

Before the Minister sits down, I accept that that is the conclusion that Gallagher came to, but if you look at his terms of reference—which I am sure the Minister has—you see that he was asked to look at the issue on a global basis, and that is what he did. He did not study what was happening with sugar beet in East Anglia or what was happening about oilseed rape in Yorkshire. There was no UK focus. There is a question mark about tallow, which is not related to the same issues as the sustainability criteria for normal agricultural crops, but so far as I know there is no sustainability issue with UK-grown oilseed rape, nor with sugar beet. If there is, we should be told about it. If the Minister and his colleagues spend the next three years looking at the global issues, what will happen to the industry in the United Kingdom?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
709 c166GC 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects
Climate change Biofuels Alternative fuels Transport Renewable energy Renewable transport fuel obligation
Legislation
Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2009
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk