Sustainable Aviation Fuel - 14th December 2023

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Sustainable Aviation Fuel.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-12-14/debates/617F215F-F860-4B7E-B1FB-F96038B5DE59/SustainableAviationFuel

09:47 Jim Shannon (DUP)

I welcome the Minister to his place and wish him well in his endeavours. It is always a pleasure to see some of the 2019 intake elevated to the Front Bench, so very well done. I thank him for his answer, as the issue of sustainable aviation fuel is important for my constituents. To ensure that we do not overshoot climate targets on the road to jet zero or net zero, will the Government consider introducing the SAF mandate under a greenhouse gas intensity scheme? That is quite a technical question, but I know it is one that the Minister is well up to answering.

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09:48 Gavin Newlands (Paisley and Renfrewshire North) (SNP)

The Government’s plans to have five sustainable aviation fuel plants under construction by 2025 look doomed. We are falling behind competitors who have a head start on SAF infrastructure, and with hydrogen likely to be the dominant fuel source for aviation beyond SAFs, we also need hydrogen infrastructure. Grangemouth currently supplies Scottish airports with fuel, and has the right feedstocks and infrastructure to turn waste and renewable electricity into jet fuel. What are the Government doing to save Grangemouth as part of a just transition to net zero, and when will we see plans for a contract for difference-type scheme for SAFs?

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