Rate Of Duty On Biofuels
EDM number 850 in 2002-03, proposed by Paddy Tipping on 06/03/2003.
That this House welcomes the commitment of the Government to address climate change in the context of recent concerns expressed that the UK target for carbon dioxide reduction may be impossible to achieve; notes that the public is concerned to be able to obtain environmentally friendly transport fuels without facing the costs of purchasing hybrid vehicles or switching to liquid gas fuels; further notes that the development of a UK based supply of biofuels is supported by organisations as diverse as the Friends of the Earth, the NFU and the CLA, along with major industries, other members of the Biofuels Alliance and BABFO; further notes that recent research indicates that the use of bioethanol made from wheat or sugar beet and the use of biodiesel made from oil seed rape could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by at least 70 per cent. compared with petrol and fossil diesel respectively; observes that these renewable biofuels would contribute at least as much to improvement in air quality as the fossil gas fuel, LPG; further notes that these environmental benefits could be realised immediately; further notes that no changes in fuel or engine specifications would be required for these biofuels to be incorporated into existing fuel distribution systems at a rate of 5 per cent.; further notes that the development of a sustainable biofuels industry in the UK would make a significant contribution to the maintenance of a thriving rural economy with revenue benefits for the Exchequer; and urges the Chancellor to announce as soon as possible a duty reduction for these environmentally friendly fuels of 30 pence per litre so that the Government's aspirations for biofuel use as expressed in the White Paper, Our Energy Future, can be realised.
This motion has been signed by a total of 138 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
Paddy Tipping | 06/03/2003 | Sherwood | Labour | Proposed |
Gillian Shephard | 06/03/2003 | South West Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
Norman Lamb | 06/03/2003 | North Norfolk | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Gregory Barker | 06/03/2003 | Bexhill & Battle | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Stunell | 06/03/2003 | Hazel Grove | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Whitehead | 06/03/2003 | Southampton, Test | Labour | Signed |
David Rendel | 07/03/2003 | Newbury | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Peter Bottomley | 07/03/2003 | Worthing West | Conservative | Signed |
Ann Winterton | 07/03/2003 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
Bob Russell | 10/03/2003 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ashok Kumar | 10/03/2003 | Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
Colin Breed | 10/03/2003 | South East Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Burnside | 10/03/2003 | South Antrim | UUP | Signed |
Vincent Cable | 10/03/2003 | Twickenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Ann Cryer | 10/03/2003 | Keighley | Labour | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 10/03/2003 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
Terry Davis | 10/03/2003 | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Labour | Signed |
Jeff Ennis | 10/03/2003 | Barnsley East & Mexborough | Labour | Signed |
Ian Gibson | 10/03/2003 | Norwich North | Labour | Signed |
Simon Thomas | 10/03/2003 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Derek Wyatt | 10/03/2003 | Sittingbourne & Sheppey | Labour | Signed |
Martin Smyth | 11/03/2003 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
Paul Holmes | 11/03/2003 | Chesterfield | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Eric Illsley | 11/03/2003 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
Lynne Jones | 11/03/2003 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Labour | Signed |
David Lepper | 11/03/2003 | Brighton, Pavilion | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Denis Murphy | 11/03/2003 | Wansbeck | Labour | Signed |
Martin Caton | 11/03/2003 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
Huw Edwards | 11/03/2003 | Monmouth | Labour | Signed |
Peter Atkinson | 11/03/2003 | Hexham | Conservative | Signed |
Harry Barnes | 11/03/2003 | North East Derbyshire | Labour | Signed |
Desmond Turner | 11/03/2003 | Brighton, Kemptown | Labour | Signed |
Paul Keetch | 12/03/2003 | Hereford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tony Lloyd | 12/03/2003 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 12/03/2003 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Dismore | 12/03/2003 | Hendon | Labour | Signed |
Sue Doughty | 12/03/2003 | Guildford | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Drew | 12/03/2003 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Andrew George | 12/03/2003 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Rudi Vis | 12/03/2003 | Finchley & Golders Green | Labour | Signed |
Hywel Williams | 12/03/2003 | Caernarfon | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Keith Simpson | 13/03/2003 | Mid Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
David Heath | 13/03/2003 | Somerton & Frome | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Lady Hermon | 13/03/2003 | North Down | UUP | Signed |
Glenda Jackson | 13/03/2003 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
Mark Lazarowicz | 13/03/2003 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Kevin McNamara | 13/03/2003 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
Annette Brooke | 13/03/2003 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Simon Burns | 13/03/2003 | West Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
Alistair Carmichael | 13/03/2003 | Orkney & Shetland | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Michael Clapham | 13/03/2003 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Labour | Signed |
Janet Dean | 13/03/2003 | Burton | Labour | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 13/03/2003 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Barbara Follett | 13/03/2003 | Stevenage | Labour | Signed |
Win Griffiths | 13/03/2003 | Bridgend | Labour | Signed |
Richard Bacon | 13/03/2003 | South Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
Roy Beggs | 13/03/2003 | East Antrim | UUP | Signed |
Alan Beith | 13/03/2003 | Berwick-upon-Tweed | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Paul Tyler | 13/03/2003 | North Cornwall | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Brian White | 13/03/2003 | North East Milton Keynes | Labour | Signed |
Nicholas Winterton | 13/03/2003 | Macclesfield | Conservative | Signed |
John Pugh | 14/03/2003 | Southport | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Lindsay Hoyle | 14/03/2003 | Chorley | Labour | Signed |
Alan Hurst | 14/03/2003 | Braintree | Labour | Signed |
Martyn Jones | 14/03/2003 | Clwyd South | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Murrison | 14/03/2003 | Westbury | Conservative | Signed |
Bill Olner | 14/03/2003 | Nuneaton | Labour | Signed |
Patsy Calton | 14/03/2003 | Cheadle | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Don Foster | 14/03/2003 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Neil Gerrard | 14/03/2003 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
Patrick Mercer | 17/03/2003 | Newark | Conservative | Signed |
Michael Moore | 17/03/2003 | Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Martin O'Neill | 17/03/2003 | Ochil | Labour | Signed |
David Chaytor | 17/03/2003 | Bury North | Labour | Signed |
Frank Cook | 17/03/2003 | Stockton North | Labour | Signed |
Hilton Dawson | 17/03/2003 | Lancaster & Wyre | Labour | Signed |
Sandra Gidley | 17/03/2003 | Romsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Betty Williams | 17/03/2003 | Conwy | Labour | Signed |
Rob Marris | 18/03/2003 | Wolverhampton South West | Labour | Signed |
Paul Marsden | 18/03/2003 | Shrewsbury & Atcham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Henry Bellingham | 18/03/2003 | North West Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
Paul Stinchcombe | 18/03/2003 | Wellingborough | Labour | Signed |
Kelvin Hopkins | 19/03/2003 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
Brian Jenkins | 19/03/2003 | Tamworth | Labour | Signed |
Alan Meale | 19/03/2003 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
Alistair Burt | 19/03/2003 | North East Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Roger Berry | 19/03/2003 | Kingswood | Labour | Signed |
Gerry Steinberg | 19/03/2003 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
Robert Walter | 19/03/2003 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
Alan Simpson | 20/03/2003 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Hunter | 20/03/2003 | Basingstoke | Independent Conservative | Signed |
Malcolm Bruce | 20/03/2003 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Richard Taylor | 20/03/2003 | Wyre Forest | Independent | Signed |
Colin Pickthall | 21/03/2003 | West Lancashire | Labour | Signed |
Chris Mole | 21/03/2003 | Ipswich | Labour | Signed |
Adam Price | 24/03/2003 | Carmarthen East & Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Gwyn Prosser | 24/03/2003 | Dover | Labour | Signed |
David Ruffley | 24/03/2003 | Bury St Edmunds | Conservative | Signed |
Robert Key | 24/03/2003 | Salisbury | Conservative | Signed |
Paul Burstow | 24/03/2003 | Sutton & Cheam | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Menzies Campbell | 24/03/2003 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Norman Baker | 24/03/2003 | Lewes | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Joe Benton | 24/03/2003 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
Ian Taylor | 24/03/2003 | Esher & Walton | Conservative | Signed |
Ann Widdecombe | 24/03/2003 | Maidstone & The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
John Robertson | 25/03/2003 | Glasgow, Anniesland | Labour | Signed |
Brian H Donohoe | 25/03/2003 | Cunninghame South | Labour | Signed |
Bill Etherington | 25/03/2003 | Sunderland North | Labour | Signed |
David Amess | 25/03/2003 | Southend West | Conservative | Signed |
Peter Pike | 26/03/2003 | Burnley | Labour | Signed |
Phil Sawford | 26/03/2003 | Kettering | Labour | Signed |
Elfyn Llwyd | 26/03/2003 | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | Plaid Cymru | Signed |
Vera Baird | 26/03/2003 | Redcar | Labour | Signed |
Barry Sheerman | 27/03/2003 | Huddersfield | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
David Kidney | 27/03/2003 | Stafford | Labour | Signed |
John Bercow | 27/03/2003 | Buckingham | Conservative | Signed |
Helen Clark | 28/03/2003 | Peterborough | Labour | Signed |
Edward Garnier | 31/03/2003 | Harborough | Conservative | Signed |
Joan Ruddock | 01/04/2003 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
Nigel Jones | 02/04/2003 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Tom Brake | 02/04/2003 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Richard Younger-Ross | 02/04/2003 | Teignbridge | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
John Horam | 03/04/2003 | Orpington | Conservative | Signed |
Anne Campbell | 03/04/2003 | Cambridge | Labour | Signed |
John Battle | 03/04/2003 | Leeds West | Labour | Signed |
Desmond Swayne | 03/04/2003 | New Forest West | Conservative | Signed |
Nick Harvey | 07/04/2003 | North Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Patrick Hall | 08/04/2003 | Bedford | Labour | Signed |
Hugo Swire | 09/04/2003 | East Devon | Conservative | Signed |
Meg Munn | 10/04/2003 | Sheffield, Heeley | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Mike Wood | 10/04/2003 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
Chris McCafferty | 11/04/2003 | Calder Valley | Labour | Signed |
John Burnett | 28/04/2003 | Torridge & West Devon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
David Taylor | 07/05/2003 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Brian Cotter | 10/06/2003 | Weston-Super-Mare | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Chris Ruane | 30/06/2003 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
Lembit | 01/07/2003 | Montgomeryshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Evan Harris | 08/09/2003 | Oxford West & Abingdon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
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