Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill 2025-06-11

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Does the Secretary of State agree that demand management is crucial for cutting emissions and should public money be raised from frequent flyers?

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Can the Bill also lead to quieter flights as airspace modernisation progresses?

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Given the SAF mandate's targets, should Heathrow expansion be delayed until non-sustainable fuel usage is further reduced?

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How will the strike price mechanism address producers' concerns about input in setting prices?

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How will the Bill bridge the cost gap between sustainable aviation fuels and conventional jet fuel?

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The MP thanks the Secretary of State for her speech and welcomes the introduction of the Bill, which aims to decarbonise the aviation sector. However, she raises questions about waste management in relation to SAF production and its economic impact, particularly regarding US-UK trade agreements and the challenges they pose for our biofuel industry.

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While supporting the Bill, questions remain regarding the scrutiny of the mechanism and international alignment in regulatory standards for SAF. How will the Government ensure adequate oversight?

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How does this Bill support regional economic growth, particularly in constituencies heavily reliant on aviation and aerospace industries?

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How can we ensure that airport expansion happens sustainably while meeting climate targets, particularly for rapidly expanding regional airports like London Luton?

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Will the Minister reflect on our global market position, explain how the mechanism compares with other approaches, and give an assurance that measures in the Bill will be enough to avoid UK aviation industry needing to import SAF from abroad?

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Will the Minister consider the merits of including, in this Bill or elsewhere, a requirement for Secretary of State to provide local authorities with guidance on how they can take advantage of opportunity to help in national effort to scale up production?

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Reflecting on fact that costs of Bill come on top of increase to air passenger duty, will the Minister provide assurance that Bill will not clobber our hard-working constituents with yet higher prices when they jet off on family holiday?

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The SNP welcomes the Bill but highlights that Scotland’s SAF progress has been held back by inaction on funding for a Scottish carbon capture cluster. How will the Government ensure the full detail is rapidly made clear to inject pace into the process?

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I welcome the legislation but am concerned about the risk of relying on cheap Chinese imports. How can we ensure that investment in Grangemouth is accelerated to avoid this risk?

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Industry concerns about a nine-month delay in private law contract confirmation and the need to accelerate Project Willow proposals have been raised. There are questions regarding how the Bill intersects with proposals for SAF at Grangemouth, including potential delays to the HEFA cap.

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Concerns about the impact of the SAF mandate on the wood panel industry in terms of market distortions and potential job losses were raised. She urged Ministers to maintain safeguards, uphold exclusions for virgin and recyclable wood from eligibility, enforce waste hierarchy principles robustly, and ensure transparency mechanisms.

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Emphasis was placed on the potential for the east of England to become an innovation hub for sustainable aviation with significant economic and job creation benefits. The focus was on supporting SAF producers through a guaranteed price mechanism, alongside airspace modernisation and low-emission aircraft initiatives.

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The closure of the Grangemouth refinery due to private capital decisions was criticised, with a call for government intervention similar to that seen in Scunthorpe. Emphasis on the need for Government ownership stakes in future industries at Grangemouth was highlighted.

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Carers Week wishes were shared, but no specific questions about SAF mandates or industrial impacts were raised.

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The hon. Member welcomes the Bill and highlights Collins Aerospace in her constituency, which develops components and systems for SAF flights. She asks if the Minister agrees that this supports both the green transition and industrial future.

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The UK has a world-class aviation sector that the Chancellor has invested in, including Doncaster Sheffield airport. East Midlands airport provides huge benefits to her local economy and is a key hub for cargo transportation. She asks about transitional arrangements to ensure SAF availability for airlines like Jet2 as they transition towards decarbonisation.

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Aviation is a critical part of the national story, including economic reliance on maritime and aviation sectors. He highlights Edinburgh airport's importance in his constituency for product transportation and tourism. The Minister is thanked for pursuing regulatory changes to modernise aviation.

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The Bill will give investors clarity, producers confidence and communities a sense of job security. In Teesside, Alfanar is already invested £2.5 billion in the region with plans for a new plant creating 2,300 construction jobs and 300 permanent jobs. Will the Minister engage with DESE and Net Zero on carbon capture track projects to facilitate final investment decisions before the Bill's full legislative journey?

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Does the Minister agree that sustainable aviation fuel is crucial for decarbonising air travel and job creation in industrial communities? With third-generation and fourth-generation SAF opening up new opportunities, will Billingham become a European centre for this industry?

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In Sunderland, Wastefront has a £100 million investment creating 100 jobs on the River Wear. Does the Minister agree that this Government’s policy is under threat from Opposition parties’ policies?

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Will the Minister outline their level of certainty regarding the costs to taxpayers? Is there confidence that the levy imposed on fuel suppliers will not lead to significant rises in air fares?

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Will the Minister congratulate innovators such as my constituent James Hygate, who was recently awarded an OBE for his work on green fuels? Over genteel tea and cake—as the House can imagine, this happens all the time in Cheltenham—he told me of his plans to turn human faeces into SAF. He is an innovator at the leading edge, and he says that the Minister might be able to work with his friends in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to solve some of the problems that we have with sewage in our rivers, by taking it out at source.

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We cannot help but be excited about the Bill because of its potential to deliver. The Minister is a good friend of us in Northern Ireland, and a good friend of all of us in this Chamber and across this great nation. There are innovative people in Northern Ireland who have the technology, and they wish to play their part. Is it the Minister’s intention to ensure that everyone across this great United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has the opportunity to feed into SAF and to gain the benefit from it?

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Stoke-on-Trent does not have an airport, but we do use Manchester airport quite a lot, so while the Minister is sitting next to the Transport Secretary on the Front Bench, could he put in a word for a direct train link from Stoke to Manchester airport, so we can all enjoy his airport as much as he does?

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What a doughty champion for Doncaster Sheffield airport my hon. Friend the Member for Doncaster Central is.

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My hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk talked with passion about Grangemouth near his constituency.

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My hon. Friend the Member for Norwich North talked about the jobs and apprenticeships that go with it.

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The hon. Member for Harlow raised concerns about local elections and Stansted airport.

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The hon. Member for North West Leicestershire highlighted the importance of East Midlands Airport to freight.

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The hon. Member for Dunfermline and Dollar mentioned the importance of sustainability in aviation.

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The hon. Member for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland discussed carbon capture at Stanlow.

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The hon. Member for Stockton North talked about hydrogen, wind, solar and clean energy.