Energy: Electricity Supply

Lord Elis-Thomas Excerpts

Monday 29th July 2013 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Verma]

I agree with my noble friend absolutely that we do not want to be a country that will increase CO₂ emissions and that the path we have taken is a balanced one.

[Lord Elis-Thomas]

My Lords, does the Minister agree that this situation has been brought about by the failure of successive Governments to invest adequately in alternative low-carbon forms of renewable energy, and also to invest in new nuclear? Will she now agree that it is absolutely essential that projects such as the Horizon project at Wylfa B in Anglesey should go ahead as soon as possible?

[Baroness Verma]

My Lords, as I have said on a number of occasions at the Dispatch Box, the Government have taken very seriously the point that we need to ensure a diverse source of supply of energy. Among them, of course, are the renewable sector and nuclear.