Biofuels: Treaties

Mr. Roger Williams
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what biofuel partnership agreements there are between the Government and the Government of (a) Brazil, (b) Mozambique and (c) South Africa; how much funding the Government have committed under each such agreement; what assessment he has made of the likely benefits to the UK of such agreements; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kidney
The Brazil-UK-Southern Africa Biofuels Taskforce is a partnership agreed between the Governments of Brazil and the UK and the Southern African Development Community. The aim of the partnership is to support sustainable biofuel production in Southern Africa and the taskforce is part of the UK's agenda for promoting low carbon growth internationally. To date, the UK Government have committed approximately £10,000 to pay for scoping work.