Electricity Market Reform

Thomas Docherty Excerpts

Thursday 16th December 2010 Commons Chamber

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

The hon. Gentleman knows full well that that is not a point of order, but he has got his point on the record at least.

[Thomas Docherty (Dunfermline and West Fife) (Lab)]

First, can I welcome the Secretary of State restating his long-held, principled and consistent commitment to nuclear power? On carbon capture and storage, specifically, can he guarantee my constituents, who eagerly await the Energy Minister’s visit in the new year, that there will be no delay at all in the decision, which we expect early in the new year, on the first carbon capture and storage project for Longannet?

[Chris Huhne]

I believe that my hon. Friend the Energy Minister is making good progress on that. We have made good progress at an official level as well, and there is no reason to anticipate any delay. I very much hope that at the end of our Department’s collective term of office, we will go down as being a happening Department that makes things happen. That is what we intend to do with CCS.