| Heading: |
Biofuels: Saudi Arabia |
| Question ID: |
1805866 |
| UIN: |
54549 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-05-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5318 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Olly Glover
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Olly Glover
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of shipping biofuel for use in bus fleets from Saudi Arabia on carbon emissions. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-05 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4943 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Simon Lightwood
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| Answering Member handle: |
simonlightwood
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@simonlightwood
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| Answer text: |
The UK’s main scheme for supporting the use of low carbon fuels (LCF), such as biofuels, in surface transport is the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). The RTFO delivers greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings by mandating the supply of renewable a... |
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| Answering body ID: |
27 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Transport |
| Tweeted: |
true |