Mr Robert Goodwill (Scarborough and Whitby) (Con)

13. What steps his Department is taking to decarbonise the transport sector. ( 900513 )

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The Secretary of State for Transport (Grant Shapps)

Now that so much energy—over half of it, last year—is being produced on a renewable basis, it is essential that transport reduces its greenhouse gas emissions, as it accounts for about a third of total emissions.

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Mr Goodwill

We have seen great progress in battery technology for light vehicles, but decarbonising road freight is going to be a much more difficult nut to crack. Does the Secretary of State think that we need to look at options such as hydrogen technology for trucks, or even freeing up space on our rail network by building HS2?

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