Speeches by Kane.

“At the moment, 1G and 2G SAF refers to something called HEFA, which stands for hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids. My kingdom for a chemistry degree, when it comes to some of these things. They will be the contracts that we were letting. This is basically vegetable oil. We can go to residue agricultural waste. We do…”

“Yes, I have had a private convivial chat with the Secretary of State for DEFRA about the sewage in his rivers. We can take a look at that for him.”

“Again, that is a great question. What airports and airlines are saying is something that came up at the evidence session yesterday on the revenue certainty mechanism. This is a blend that goes in. It is just like the aviation fuel that we currently have. It is transportable in the regular ways and can be stored in the …”

“I do not want to stop Mr and Mrs Jones, who have worked hard all year, going on their annual holiday to Mallorca from my constituency.”

“I am happy to look at what the Climate Change Committee says.”

“Forgive me. Let me answer the question, with respect back. We already have carbon taxes in ETS and CORSIA. APD is not a carbon tax, but, as I said earlier, Treasury has differentiated the aircraft that traverse the Atlantic and those that fly short-haul. Most of our constituents probably use those aircraft once a year.…”

“They are saying that we should stop people flying.”

“All three of them would be Treasury-based initiatives. They are not matters for the Department for Transport.”

“No.”

“We have a clear pathway to net zero by 2050, and we are pursuing it. That is why we have introduced, in this legislative session, airspace modernisation; it is why we are introducing the SAF mandates; it is why we are introducing the revenue certainty mechanism; it is why we have studies in the field to inform what we …”

“We will lay out, as a Department, our response to the Climate Change Committee’s concerns in the near future.”

“When did they say it last?”

“No, we will lay out our concerns to the CCC in the normal ways.”

“I am all for a preferential option for people, particularly in Ireland, who cannot access the rest of the UK. Those three key airports, one in Derry/Londonderry and two in Belfast, have a future ahead of them because so many people like yourself come here to work. That has to be critical. The suite of measures, as I ha…”

“I would say to the honourable Member that I am acutely aware, because of the nature of Ireland, of differential APD policy and the difficulties that it causes. Our principle is that the taxpayer should not clean up this industry. It has to be the industry that does it on the basis of the polluter-pays principle. That u…”

“That is a great suggestion, and I will take that away. Can I just give him my personal commitment, as he knows, that regional airports benefit from any expansion of Heathrow, either through its terminal capacity and the £10 billion that it is spending over the next five years, or if we get a promoter coming back with a…”

“As I was not involved with the ANPS in 2018, I will ask my officials here to answer directly.”

“I would say that this country should have been making some decisions a long time ago about the future of this industry, and they did not happen. All Governments become sclerotic at times. There is an old adage that, if I was going there, I would not be starting from here, but this is what we are faced with in terms of …”

“I am extraordinarily keen to see a successful aviation sector across all of our nations. That means improving the airspace, which I am responsible for, across the whole of the United Kingdom. That means bringing in the revenue certainty mechanism, which I am responsible for across the whole of the United Kingdom. It is…”

“I will allow David to come in here, because he is really the expert in how this will proceed once we receive the third runway proposal.”