Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Debate
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Lord Palmer
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Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
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Earl Attlee
My Lords, one of the concerns I have identified in private conversations with the noble Lord is the possibility of distorting the market in UCO and biodiesel by importations of ethanol. I will happily raise that with my right honourable friend the Secretary of State.
Lord Palmer
My Lords, as one of the instigators of the RTFO, is it not a scandal that our commitment is met by only 11% from home-produced fuel in this country? I must declare an interest as president of the transport division of the Renewable Energy Association.
Earl Attlee
My Lords, I understand the point that the noble Lord is making but we are bound by the WTO trade rules and EU state aid rules.