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Transport: Oil Prices
Lord Berkeley asked Her Majesty's Government:
What estimates of the price of oil have been used by the Department for Transport in drawing up rail and road policies. [HL3552]
Lord Bassam of Brighton: The Department for Transport uses oil-price projections calculated by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) in its transport modelling.
Waterways: Nitrate Pollution
Lord Inglewood asked Her Majesty's Government:
How much nitrate pollution in watercourses is caused by nitrates dissolved in falling rainwater. [HL3575]
The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Lord Rooker): A project investigating the significance of different sources of nitrogen input into watercourses is currently under way and due to report in June 2008. This will include an assessment of how much nitrogen entering watercourses originates from rainwater.
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