Written statement on the Draft Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021 - Sep 7
Wednesday, 8 September 2021 08:39
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport (Rachel
Maclean): I have today published the draft statutory instrument,
the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations (Amendment) Order 2021,
and accompanying explanatory memorandum. Renewable transport fuels
already make a substantial contribution towards meeting UK carbon
budgets and will continue to play an important role in meeting the
UK’s increasingly ambitious future carbon reduction targets. In
2019, the use of renewable fuel...Request free trial
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
(): I have today published the draft
statutory instrument, the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations
(Amendment) Order 2021, and accompanying explanatory
memorandum.
Renewable transport fuels already make a substantial
contribution towards meeting UK carbon budgets and will continue to
play an important role in meeting the UK’s increasingly ambitious
future carbon reduction targets. In 2019, the use of renewable fuel
supplied under the RTFO saved approximately 5.5 million
tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, equivalent to taking 2.5
million cars off the road.
This statutory instrument amends the Renewable Transport Fuel
Obligations Order 2007 (SI 2007/3072). The statutory instrument
will help further increase carbon savings by increasing renewable
fuels targets and expanding the RTFO to sectors with limited alternatives
to decarbonise, such as maritime.
The statutory instrument is published in accordance with the
procedure required by schedule 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal)
Act 2018 and agreed with Parliament. This is because it includes
amendments to the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligations Order 2007,
parts of which were previously amended by SIs made under section
2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. The statutory instrument
is being published in draft at least 28 days before being laid for
affirmative debate.
The Department consulted on these proposals between March and
April 2021 in the paper “Targeting net zero—Next steps for the
Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation”. The Government response to
that consultation and associated cost-benefit analysis are
available here.
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