Schedule 6
Climate Change Bill [Lords]
12:45 pm
Martin Horwood (Shadow Minister (Environment), Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Cheltenham, Liberal Democrat)
I beg to move amendment No. 1, in schedule 6, page 75, line 38, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
‘(2) It is the duty of the Administrator to ensure that only renewable transport fuel that—
(a) causes or contributes to the reduction of carbon emissions over its total lifecycle from planting or production to use, and
(b) contributes to sustainable development and the protection or enhancement of the national or global environment generally,
qualifies as a permitted fuel under this Act.’.
If we were in any doubt as to whether terms such as “renewable” and “sustainable” are used loosely, it has been clarified by the debate about biofuels, which are a clear example of something that is renewable—all biofuels are from a renewable source—that can be unsustainable. Most hon. Members will know of examples of wheat grown in north America that requires so much energy to be grown, fertilised and transported—