MP backs biodiesel tax break project
29 June 2011
Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George is backing a campaign to keep tax breaks for business who produce biodiesel.
Producers converting cooking oil into currently take advantage of a 20p differential however that is because of end next April.
The St Ives MP, who leads the Lib Dem Environment Team, has actually been meeting the UK sustainable biodiesel alliance.
Mr George stated "a variety of small services in Cornwall currently generate income from used cooking oil".
He included: "In order to have the ability to get this type of industry going it does require simply a bit of lift which comes in the type of tax inescapable."
Biodiesel is a mix of conventional diesel, rapeseed and vegetable oils.
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