MP backs biodiesel tax break project
29 June 2011
Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George is backing a project to keep tax breaks for companies who produce biodiesel.
Producers transforming cooking oil into biodiesel currently take advantage of a 20p differential however that is due to end next April.
The St Ives MP, who leads the Lib Dem Environment Team, has actually been consulting with the UK sustainable .
Mr George said "a variety of little services in Cornwall presently generate income from utilized cooking oil".
He added: "In order to have the ability to get this sort of industry going it does require simply a bit of lift which is available in the form of tax inevitable."
Biodiesel is a mix of conventional diesel, rapeseed and veggie oils.
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