Infrastructure Bill [Lords] Debate

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Department: Department for Transport

Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

David T C Davies Excerpts
Monday 26th January 2015

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right: it is a win-win for the UK in both potential economic benefit and reducing our carbon footprint.

David T C Davies Portrait David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)
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In addition to all the advantages my hon. Friend has already mentioned, does she accept that we need to have a shale gas industry to go hand-in-hand with our wind industry, because wind-powered generators require gas generators to back them up?