Electricity Market Reform
Debate between Chris Huhne and Mark Tami
Chris Huhne
Tidal power is exciting and has great prospects. We have some enormously important potential sites for tidal stream—for example, the area around the Severn barrage—and I am confident that as the technology progresses it will play an important part in our energy mix.
Mark Tami (Alyn and Deeside) (Lab)
In the Secretary of State’s statement, there is one mention of nuclear power, but I do not recall him mentioning it at all when he delivered it. Putting that aside, does he not accept that the industry needs certainty? Otherwise there is a danger that the investment will go elsewhere.
Chris Huhne
I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman. Investors need certainty and clarity, and that is what we are giving them today.