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HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful to you for rescuing me, Mr Western, by grouping both amendments in the same debate. I made a mistake, so I put my hands up to that. I am grateful for the Minister’s…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I accept many of the arguments that the Minister has put forward. I note he acknowledged that, off the back of the evidence sessions on Tuesday, all the current technologies are…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 3, in clause 1, page 2, line 4, at end insert— “(4A) The terms under subsection (1)(c) must include a requirement for the producer to consider the…17 Jul 2025HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesThat answer is simply not good enough for the 63% of employees in the hospitality sector whose jobs are on the line. Yet we now read in the press that the Government appear set on…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Western. As I have throughout the passage of the Bill, I draw hon. Members’ attention to my entry in the Register of Members’…17 Jul 2025HANSARDHigh Street BusinessesAt the heart of every high street are wonderful hospitality SMEs—pubs, cafés, restaurants, bars and coffee shops—yet the 2024 Budget was a hammer blow to them. With £3.4 billion…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)I associate myself with the Minister’s thanks to everyone who has worked so hard on the Bill, particularly the civil servants; I welcomed the ability to discuss the Bill with them…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for that point; I do not think that we are misaligned on that argument. Yes, we need to move to sustainable aviation fuel, preferably at the…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)The central question is whether that review, when it comes, looks at the greenhouse gas savings while the aircraft is in use, or gives a whole-system analysis, from the production…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I understand the argument that the hon. Gentleman is making with new clause 4, but I would argue that it is unnecessary; the whole point of the Bill is to decarbonise aviation. As…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I absolutely understand and appreciate where the hon. Gentleman is coming from with this new clause. This topic came up in the oral evidence sessions and on Second Reading. It is…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I do not have a great deal to say on the provisions, other than that it is always regrettable when Northern Ireland is forgotten and has to be inserted via an amendment. On the…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I spoke to amendment 5—I apologise.17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I will make one or two brief comments on the new clauses that have been tabled by the Liberal Democrat members of the Committee. The official Opposition have some sympathy with…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 4, in clause 12, page 7, line 12, at end insert— “(3) A direction given under subsection (1) must include a requirement for the designated counterparty to…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)Rasping?17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Fourth sitting)New clause 8 has considerable merit. It is always preferable where new industrial facilities are to be built—in this case for the production of sustainable aviation fuel—for those…17 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Third sitting)I apologise, Mr Western, for getting ahead of myself. I went slightly cross-eyed as I looked down at my notes, and have two amendments back to back. I stand by what I said, and…17 Jul 2025HANSARD Blue Badge EligibilityIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone and Malling (Helen Grant) on not just securing the…16 Jul 2025HANSARDSustainable Aviation Fuel Bill (Second sitting)Q It is always good to get an academic perspective on these matters. We can get locked into all sorts of technical discussions and lose the bigger picture. From your work in the…15 Jul 2025