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Oral Answers to Questions

Roger Williams Excerpts
Thursday 1st December 2011

(13 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Roger Williams Portrait Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire) (LD)
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The coalition agreement emphasised anaerobic digestion as a technology to take forward, yet many people who are keen on it find obstacles in their way, including funding. Will the Green investment bank be able to provide funds for those people so that they can take their projects forward?

Chris Huhne Portrait Chris Huhne
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I thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is right that anaerobic digestion is one of the technologies that we want to encourage. Indeed, it falls broadly within the renewables remit of the Green investment bank, but my understanding of the problems with anaerobic digestion is that they relate principally to planning and objections, rather than funding. Funding is not the key issue with AD.