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Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Earl of Courtown on 3 February (HL547) and in the light of their target of zero net emissions by 2050, whether they plan to cease the practice of counting the loss of fuel duty, including VAT, as a disbenefit to the transfer of heavy freight from road haulage to an electric railway.  HL1350

Question HL1350: tabled on 5 February 2020 and due for answer by 19 February 2020

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Lord Bradshaw to ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Earl of Courtown on 3 February (HL547) and in the light of their target of zero net emissions by 2050, whether they plan to cease the practice of counting the loss of fuel duty, including VAT, as a disbenefit to the transfer of heavy freight from road haulage to an electric railway.  HL1350
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Wednesday 19 February 2020

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Lord Bradshaw
Liberal Democrat
Life peer