Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jesse Norman and Charles Hendry

Thursday 24th March 2011 Commons Chamber

[Charles Hendry]

The right hon. Gentleman has tremendous knowledge in these areas, so he will also be aware of the European scheme NER300, to which the United Kingdom has submitted nine projects out of a total of 22 across Europe. That provides capital up-front funding. What the Chancellor announced yesterday removes the tremendous complexity from the levy and provides a much more straightforward scheme to drive this technology forward.

[Jesse Norman (Hereford and South Herefordshire) (Con)]

3. What recent steps he has taken to ensure security of energy supplies in response to the political situation in the middle east.