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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE
Liquefied Natural Gas - 13 July 2017 (Commons/Commons Chamber)

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Lab
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Washington and Sunderland West
10. What steps his Department is taking to promote the use of liquefied natural gas as an alternative to diesel fuel.

  10:07:16
Mr John Hayes
The Minister of State, Department for Transport
The low carbon truck trial, which ran to 2016, provided over £11 million to support industry-led trials of alternative fuels in the road freight sector, the majority of which involved liquefied natural gas.
  10:07:58
Mrs Hodgson
I thank the Minister for his answer. Statebourne Cryogenics, based in my constituency, produces a world-first portable LNG refuelling station, which eliminates the release of methane into the atmosphere with significant cost reductions to the process. This is seen as an alternative to diesel for large HGVs, especially in the light of discussions around diesel pollution. Will the Minister commit to meeting me, Statebourne Cryogenics, and other partners in this project such as BOC and Calor Gas to discuss this matter further?
Mr Hayes
Well, the short answer is yes, but I do not want to give a short answer. Let me say this: the hon. Lady’s constituency is a beacon for low emission vehicles of all kinds. I have visited the Nissan plant in her constituency, which builds the Nissan Leaf, but I feel that my visits to her constituency have been too few, so I will meet not only her, but representatives of the businesses that she describes to find out what more we can do.
  09:59:59
Mr Speaker
It is obvious that the hon. Lady is in a state of quite overwhelming excitement at the prospect, as I am sure will be the people of her constituency—particularly those of them who know the right hon. Gentleman—when they realise that they are to be privileged with such a visit.
  10:08:51
Jesse Norman
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
Especially if there is an unveiling to go with it.

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