§ Mr. Peter AinsworthTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she last met representatives of the distribution industry to discuss the use of low emission fuels. [15524]
§ Margaret Beckett[holding answer 16 November 2001]: My colleagues the Secretaries of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions and for Trade and Industry, as well as their respective Ministers, are in regular contact with representatives of the oil and motor industries to discuss the production, distribution and promotion of low emission fuels. My Department also has a keen interest in this area, because of the environmental benefits that cleaner fuels can offer. My ministerial colleagues and I are always prepared, in principle, to meet with representatives from relevant industries to discuss ways of reducing harmful emissions.