Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2013

The question that I wish to address to the Minister is slightly different from that of the noble ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as somebody who uses red diesel for heating oil, for tractors and...

My Lords, I am pleased to be here to talk to this order. I have to say, though, that it is rather...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this short debate. The noble Lord, Lord...

The noble Earl is right to say that the NRMM is an emissions regulation rather than a fuel regula...

My Lords, I should imagine that technically they are inextricably linked, but the order deals wit...

I have heard this response before. Perhaps I can talk it through in simple terms. If the total vo...

My Lords, I know that the noble Baroness is passionate about this issue and I hope that she will ...

That is a fairly rash statement, is it not? The latest figures I have seen show that road traffic...

Noble Lords opposite know perfectly well that a range of factors affect the demand for transport....

Except that we have increasingly tight standards on vehicle efficiency, which is another contribu...

I accept the point about the improving fuel efficiency of all transport equipment, and that is de...

Perhaps the noble Earl can stop there. It is generally small businesses that deal with used cooki...

I should point out that the duty differential was extremely expensive. I go back to my point that...

However, you could take into account the fact that those people are giving a service to the commu...

My Lords, as the noble Lord knows perfectly well, if someone poured used cooking oil into a river...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl. He is quite right: there is a problem with biofuels. I...

My Lords, I have spent a lot of time discussing this very issue with my officials. I will be hone...

With all due respect, if there is a problem with the environmental impact of soap manufacturing, ...

My Lords, the noble Baroness has her views but the European Union takes this issue very seriously...

I am not ignoring what goes on in the rest of the world. Clearly, criteria around the sustainabil...

My Lords, we remain very concerned that studies and impact assessments have demonstrated that som...