Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 10458

Biofuels: Sustainable Development

Tabled: 22 October 2024
Answered: 30 October 2024

Question

Wera Hobhouse

Liberal DemocratBath

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

Michael Shanks
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.