Adjournment debate on Thursday, 5 June 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Tim Yeo. The answering member was Jim Fitzpatrick.

Biofuels

Westminister Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on biofuels. [Relevant documents: First Report from the Environmental Audit Committee, HC 76 2007-08; Fourth Report and Fifth Special Report from the Environmental Audit Committee (Government Responses), HC 528 2007-08 and HC 644 2007-08.]

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 476 c317-48WH
Session: 2007-08
Department: Department for Transport
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Are biofuels sustainable? Environmental Audit Select Committee fourth report - government response to the Committee's first report of session 2007-08 (HC 76).
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Are biofuels sustainable? Environmental Audit Select Committee first report with proceedings, evidence (HC 76 i-iii not printed separately) and appendices.
Tuesday, 15 January 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Dari Taylor | 476 c341WH (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman saying that the Conservative party will support a moratorium but not the conti...; Robert Goodwill | 476 c338-41WH (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for South Suffolk (Mr. Yeo) and the Select Committee that...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 476 c342-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure, Mr. Amess, to see a fellow West Ham supporter in the Chair. I welcome today's deb...; Robert Goodwill | 476 c341-2WH (Link to this contribution) We agree in essence with the report and its conclusions. We believe that many of the biofuels now be...; Jim Fitzpatrick | 476 c344-6WH (Link to this contribution) I was about to offer an assurance on the publication of the report. It is not available, but I under...; Joan Walley | 476 c344WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad that the Minister referred to the Gallagher report—it will obviously inform UK policy. Wil...; Tim Yeo | 476 c346-8WH (Link to this contribution) Belatedly, Mr. Amess, I wish to say how delighted I am to serve under your chairmanship, as you and ...; Tim Yeo | 476 c317-21WH (Link to this contribution) I am delighted that the Environmental Audit Committee's report on biofuels, written earlier this yea...; Mark Hunter | 476 c337-8WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Many of the opinions of some his colleagues on this...; Robert Goodwill | 476 c337WH (Link to this contribution) Is what the hon. Gentleman saying World Trade Organisation-proof, because I suspect that many of the...; Mark Hunter | 476 c336-7WH (Link to this contribution) I would be delighted to, and if the hon. Lady could be a little more patient, I shall come to that p...; Mark Hunter | 476 c334-6WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Amess, and to have the opportunity to c...; Joan Walley | 476 c336WH (Link to this contribution) In terms of the headline report that the hon. Gentleman has given and the detailed aspects of his co...; Joan Walley | 476 c332WH (Link to this contribution) I have been listening very carefully to my hon. Friend. Does he agree that it is important that we h...; David Drew | 476 c332-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is easy to agree. There is no point in having a policy that is counter-productive. Of course, I w...; Dari Taylor | 476 c332WH (Link to this contribution) The absolute fact for all of us in the House is that if we do not start sorting out the common agric...; David Drew | 476 c332WH (Link to this contribution) Of course, I agree with that. As a dyed-in-the-wool Eurosceptic, everyone would expect me to agree w...; David Drew | 476 c332WH (Link to this contribution) My main justification for speaking today is to argue for some balance in the way in which policy evo...; Jo Swinson | 476 c327-30WH (Link to this contribution) As always, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Amess. I congratulate the hon. Mem...; Dari Taylor | 476 c327WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry, but I am far too old to accept experts per se. The hon. Lady said what she did with seri...; Dari Taylor | 476 c331WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend also accept the findings of the Renewable Energy Association that the additional...; David Drew | 476 c330-1WH (Link to this contribution) I will not detain Westminster Hall long, Mr. Amess. I pay tribute to the Select Committee for its re...; Robert Goodwill | 476 c323WH (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that Denmark, the EU member state with the highest level of wind generation,...; Nick Hurd | 476 c324WH (Link to this contribution) That is an interesting intervention. While we are making comparisons with other countries, my hon. F...; Dari Taylor | 476 c324-7WH (Link to this contribution) It is always a pleasure to speak in Westminster Hall with you in the Chair, Mr. Amess. I extend that...; Jo Swinson | 476 c327WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right to identify the reasons for recent rises in food prices, but in the evidence ...; Joan Walley | 476 c321-2WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome this opportunity to discuss the Environmental Audit Committee's report, ““Are Biofuels Sus...; Nick Hurd | 476 c322-3WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr. Amess, and to register my support for the report by th...
Subjects: Agriculture Aviation Climate change Biofuels Environment protection Food Fuels EU action Prices Standards Transport Renewable energy Shipping Carbon emissions Greenhouse gas emissions Renewable transport fuel obligation
Contains statistics: Yes
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