Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to take a decision on whether to proceed with the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project; what factors they will take into account in taking that decision; and what further evidence they require to allow them to do so.

In coming to any decision on the role of tidal lagoons in the UK’s energy mix, the Government needs to consider how this technology delivers against its priorities, as set out in the Clean Growth Strategy and Industrial Strategy, of reducing emissions and protecting UK businesses and households from high energy costs.

This will ensure that the Government response to the Hendry Review takes into account the best interests of the UK as a whole and represents value for money for the UK taxpayer and the consumer.

A Government response to the Hendry Review will be published in due course.