§ 39. Mr. PatersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the Government's energy policy and its impact on the road haulage industry. [128439]
§ Mr. HillThe Government are determined to encourage energy conservation and efficiency across all sectors of the economy, as part of our strategy to tackle climate change and improve the competitiveness of UK industry. In the road haulage sector, we are committed to improving the efficiency of freight transport and logistic operations, and set out last year how we would achieve this in our Sustainable Distribution Strategy. The strategy sets out a wide range of measures, including, for instance, the dissemination of advice to hauliers through my Department's Energy Efficiency Best Practice Programme about ways of reducing fuel costs.