CONSERVATIVE
New Forest East

TOPICAL QUESTION – FAWLEY OIL REFINERY - 04 March 2010

TOPICAL QUESTION – FAWLEY OIL REFINERY - 04 March 2010

Dr Julian Lewis: The renewable heat incentive enjoys support in principle on both sides of the House. However, an unintended consequence might be to make the oil refining industry absolutely uncompetitive. The great oil refinery at Fawley in my constituency would see its margins completely wiped out if this levy is imposed on it. As it applies only to Britain, it adversely affects its competitiveness. What reassurances can the Minister give to the greatest oil refinery in the country?

[The Minister of State, BIS (Patrick McFadden): The assurance I give the hon. Gentleman is that I will make sure that his point is relayed to the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the Treasury. It would probably be wise for me not to comment in any more detail on his question at this point.]