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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2012-04-19"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Explanations of vote2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20120419.15.4-351-031"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-04-19-Speech-4-351-0622
lpv:speaker	lp:Phil Bennion2
lpv:spoken text	"I voted in favour of this report which sets a logical approach to energy taxation and brings us closer in some respects to green taxation. I gave particular support to the proportionality principle which unfortunately was not carried. This principle, by removing subsidies for certain fuels via tax advantages, by sending correct price signals to consumers, and by being technology-neutral, could have provided a level playing field to new technologies and facilitated their market penetration. However, I did not support Amendment 25 which includes biomass or made-of-biomass fuels in the directive. It is indeed absolutely not practical and almost impossible to be accurate in measuring biomass energy in terms of its contribution to the CO balance and its energy content per quantitative unit, because of the own specificities of this energy. I will try to address this when the directive is discussed in Council by working closely with the UK Energy and Climate Change Minister."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Liberal Democrats Party (2012-02-06--2014-06-30)3 member; ALDE (2012-02-06--2014-06-30)3 substitute; TRAN (2012-02-22--2014-06-30)3 member; Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia (2012-03-12--2014-06-30)3 member; EMPL (2012-03-12--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (2012-02-22--2014-06-30)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"2"1 "Phil Bennion (ALDE ),"1 "in writing."1

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