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Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011

Debates on delegated legislation on Monday, 5 December 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Earl Attlee. The answering member was Lord Davies of Oldham.

Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 (SI 2011/2937). Lords debate on a motion to consider. Agreed to on question. Grand Committee held in the Moses Room.

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Reference

733 c147-66GC

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Transport

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House of Lords Grand Committee

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011
Monday, 14 November 2011
Statutory instruments
House of Lords
House of Commons

Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
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House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Bradshaw | 733 c158-9GC (Link to this contribution) I will concentrate my remarks on the used cooking oil industry, which gets a rather raw deal from th...

Earl Attlee | 733 c161-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a useful discussion on a subject that generates a wide variety of views. I w...

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Earl Attlee | 733 c147GC (Link to this contribution) That the Grand Committee do report to the House that it has considered the Renewable Transport Fuel ...

Earl Attlee | 733 c147-50GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2011 will give legal effe...

Lord Teverson | 733 c150-1GC (Link to this contribution) I am happy to start, my Lords, as this is a very important area. I will start what I am about to say...

Lord Palmer | 733 c151-2GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl very much for his, dare I say, easy-to-understand introduction of t...

Baroness Worthington | 733 c152-3GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak on this subject. I also want to make a general comment abo...

Viscount Eccles | 733 c153GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a very difficult subject, as the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, said. It is of interest ...

Lord Palmer | 733 c153GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry; I did not mean that in any derogatory way. I know that unemployment in the north-east is...

Lord Teverson | 733 c160GC (Link to this contribution) Does the noble Lord agree that there is a big difference between decarbonisation and deindustrialisa...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 733 c160GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I could not put it better myself—in fact, I did not put it better myself and I am grateful...

Lord Grantchester | 733 c159GC (Link to this contribution) I recognise the importance of this order for transport and meeting our climate change obligations. I...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 733 c159-60GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this has been a fascinating debate. The Minister has quite enough on his plate in terms of...

Lord Reay | 733 c156-8GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the two great drivers—to use modern administrative jargon, as the Minister did—of our ruin...

Viscount Eccles | 733 c153-5GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Lord for that, but there are some people in the north-east who are very good at ma...

Lord Berkeley | 733 c155-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support the Government’s intention behind the order. However, the fact that it is 20 pag...

Viscount Eccles | 733 c162GC (Link to this contribution) Does my noble friend have any information about the cost of verification? It must be enormous if it ...

Earl Attlee | 733 c165GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will write in detail to the noble Lord on the issue of used cooking oil and see if I can...

Lord Palmer | 733 c165GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Bradshaw, emphasises what a complex issue this is, ...

Lord Berkeley | 733 c166GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Earl winds up, perhaps I could try a variation on the question that the noble Lord,...

Earl Attlee | 733 c165-6GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is standard procedure to write to all noble Lords who have taken part in any of these d...

Earl Attlee | 733 c166GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is a target of 5 per cent in 2014 and each year thereafter. I remind the noble Lord ...

Earl Attlee | 733 c162GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would not imagine that it impacts greatly on pump prices. I will see if inspiration come...

Earl Attlee | 733 c164-5GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I confess that I do not fully understand the point made by the noble Baroness, but I will ...

Baroness Worthington | 733 c164GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the point I was trying to make was that this is a percentage-based target that actually tr...

Earl Attlee | 733 c163-4GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord is asking me searching questions of great detail, and I will have to write ...

Viscount Eccles | 733 c163GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I might have one more go. One of the problems is primary forest. That is forest or other woo...

Earl Attlee | 733 c163GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will have to write to the noble Viscount on that point. I confess to my shame that I hav...

Viscount Eccles | 733 c162GC (Link to this contribution) How will my noble friend deal with the fact that the website is madly out of date?

Earl Attlee | 733 c162GC (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is up to the supplier to convince the authorities that their fuel is sustainable. Many...

Lord Berkeley | 733 c162GC (Link to this contribution) If we have one of the ““big four”” accounting firms doing the verification and the material is comin...

Lord Bradshaw | 733 c165GC (Link to this contribution) I believed that the 20p incentive was paid to the people who refine used cooking oil. Now the noble ...

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