Biofuels: Sustainable Development
Commons · Question 10458 · Tabled 22 Oct 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Wera Hobhouse
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make it his policy to strengthen the biomass sustainability auditing regime before any new Contracts for Difference are awarded.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 30 Oct 2024
The 2023 Biomass Strategy contained a commitment to consult on developing and implementing a cross-sector sustainability framework to enable greater consistency across sectors. Next steps on this will be announced in due course.