Energy: Self-sufficiency Debate

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Lord Giddens

Main Page: Lord Giddens (Labour - Life peer)
Monday 15th October 2012

(12 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Verma Portrait Baroness Verma
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My Lords, I welcome the Crown Estate report, which helps to refine our understanding of the wave and tidal energy resource in the UK. We have always known that we have an outstanding marine energy resource around our coastline and that is why the Government are fully committed to the development of wave and tidal energy. We have put in place the world’s most comprehensive support of the sector’s development, including innovation funding.

Lord Giddens Portrait Lord Giddens
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Will the noble Baroness look carefully at the—

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Order!

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Do I have to sit down now?