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Biofuels: Subsidies

Asked by Sir Oliver DowdenConservativeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 127814

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of Drax to receive biomass subsidy in the context of whistleblowing allegations against that company.

Answered by Michael Shanks

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

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