Electricity: Cost-competitiveness

Baroness Williams of Trafford Excerpts
Thursday 16th May 2024

(7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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My Lords, shall we hear from the noble Lord, Lord Fox, and then the noble Baroness, Lady Fox?

Lord Fox Portrait Lord Fox (LD)
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My Lords, a battery plant is being built in Somerset and electric arc steel is being put into Wales. It would benefit the country if offshore wind were built on the west side of it as well as the east. So can the Government explain what is happening to encourage offshore wind in the Celtic Sea and its environs?