Shale Gas Extraction Debate
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Diana Johnson
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Shale Gas Extraction
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Mr Rees-Mogg
As I have said before, there is no plan to change the devolved situation, and that is not a matter for my Department anyway, so I can give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. As regards tidal power, the costings simply were not economic, and that has been a problem with tidal proposals.
Dame Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
The Secretary of State has talked a lot about common sense and using our natural resources, so will he explain why the Government are not dropping the moratorium on onshore wind?
Mr Rees-Mogg
We have had an enormous amount of offshore wind come on, and it is a very important part of renewables. It has been a very effective way of getting very large quantities of power, and that has been the major concentration of Government policy in recent years.