Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 11 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 18 members in total.

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AIR POLLUTION AND RED DIESEL

That this House notes the Government's plans to tackle Britain's air pollution crisis and improve air quality; further notes that reduced duty red diesel for certain uses costs HM Treasury £2.4 billion annually; believes that subsidising red diesel also inhibits the Government's plans to support the take-up of cleaner technologies and tackle air pollution effectively; notes that clean and affordable alternative fuels are available for some uses of red diesel, such as in transport refrigeration units; notes that if the UK's 84,000 transport refrigeration units became zero emission it would equate to taking 4 million Euro 6 diesel cars off the UK's roads; welcomes HM Treasury's red diesel consultation that was announced in the Spring Budget 2017 and closed in in June 2017; and calls on the Government to act and end red diesel subsidies for transport refrigeration units.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

295 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Caroline Lucas

Geraint Davies

Jim Shannon

Alan Brown

Martyn Day

Subjects

Energy Fossil fuels Pollution Taxation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk