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Debate between Natascha Engel and Caroline Spelman
Thursday 4th November 2010

(14 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Natascha Engel Portrait Natascha Engel (North East Derbyshire) (Lab)
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Investment in anaerobic digestion not only helps farmers to become more competitive, but helps small rural communities such as those in North East Derbyshire both to process waste and to make energy. What is the Department doing to ensure that farmers can diversify in this way?

Caroline Spelman Portrait Mrs Spelman
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Anaerobic digestion has great potential in helping the farming industry reduce its overall carbon emissions and will be an important part of the Government’s aim, as part of being the greenest Government ever, of achieving those reductions. Anaerobic digestion is something that we welcome, but the important thing is to have constant feedstocks. Anaerobic digestion has a wider application in the communities that we all live in, but for farming it is definitely an interesting option.