Oral Answers to Questions - 28th January 2016
Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Oral Answers to Questions.
Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2016-01-28/debates/16012841000008/OralAnswersToQuestions
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
3. What recent assessment his Department has made of when the UK will meet its target in the EU renewable energy directive of 10% of its transport fuels coming from renewable sources. ( 903311 )
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Ms Margaret Ritchie (South Down) (SDLP)
Pursuant to that answer, will the Minister clarify what discussions have taken place with colleagues at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department of Energy and Climate Change to prepare rail links for the flood damage that is likely in the weeks and months ahead as a result of climate change?
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Andrew Jones)
Hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, alongside battery electric vehicles, have the potential to play an important role in decarbonising road transport. The Government began working with the industry in 2012 through the UK H 2 Mobility programme, developing a road map for hydrogen-based transport. It has a big role in the future.
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