§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contribution her Department has made to the forthcoming Biofuels Directive consultation paper. [162958]
§ Margaret BeckettThe Department has had a number of discussions with the Department for Transport and other Departments about the consultation paper on the implementation of the Biofuels Directive.
§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the Department for Transport on the development of a biofuels obligation for the transport sector. [162959]
§ Margaret BeckettThe Department has had a number of discussions with the Department for Transport about the development of a biofuels obligation for the transport sector. In the recent Budget Report, my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer committed the Government to including this as one of the options in the consultation on the implementation of the Biofuels Directive in the UK.