United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 43156
Biofuels: Environment Protection
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4 May 2020
Last action
13 May 2020 · Answer
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Environment
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13 May 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of subsidies to (a) Drax Power Station in Selby and (b) other bio-fuel companies that burn trees.
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4 May 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of subsidies to (a) Drax Power Station in Selby and (b) other bio-fuel companies that burn trees.
Source: Commons
13 May 2020
Answer
The UK only supports biomass which complies with strict sustainability criteria,. These criteria take into account of social, economic and environmental issues including protecting biodiversity, land use rights, sustainable harvesting and regeneration rat...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-05-04/43156
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1192697
- uk · wq-1192697 · source updated 13 May 2020