The Department will publish a Low Carbon Fuels Strategy later this year, with the aim to support investment in the sector by setting out a vision for the deployment of low carbon fuels across transport modes up to 2050.<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an estimate of the timescale needed for implementation of recommendation 4 of Sir Patrick Vallance\u2019s Pro-innovation Regulation of Technologies Review: Digital Technologies.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing further Government support for businesses registered for VAT where turnover has fallen below the £85,000 threshold.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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