MP backs biodiesel tax break campaign
29 June 2011
Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George is backing a project to keep tax breaks for companies who produce biodiesel.
Producers converting cooking oil into biodiesel currently benefit from a 20p differential however that is because of end next April.
The St Ives MP, who leads the Lib Dem Environment Team, has been meeting the UK sustainable biodiesel alliance.
Mr George stated "a number of small companies in Cornwall currently earn money from utilized cooking oil".
He added: "In order to have the ability to get this kind of market going it does require simply a little bit of lift which comes in the form of tax inescapable."
Biodiesel is a blend of standard diesel, rapeseed and veggie oils.
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