Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Andrew Turner and Charles Hendry
Charles Hendry
That is a quite extraordinary question. The Secretary of State has shown real leadership on those issues. In the course of a year, £1 billion not previously available has been made available for carbon capture; we have set up an office of carbon capture and storage to drive forward that work; we have set up a development forum with the industry; we have put in place a regulator framework; and we are putting in place a road map in order to know what needs to happen. In place of the rhetoric and ambition under the previous Government, we are delivering action.
Mr Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight) (Con)
8. What recent assessment he has made of the Isle of Wight’s eco island initiative.