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Proceeding contribution from David Heath (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 October 2006. It occurred during Adjournment debate on Climate Change.


Climate Change

May I give my hon. Friend a small example of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing in government? As he knows, I am enthusiastic about microgeneration for small-scale hydroelectric plants in old water mills. No abstraction licence for water is required at the point of generation, which is good, but somebody has decided that an abstraction licence is required for water to enter the mill race from the stream, despite the fact that the water returns to the stream further down its length, which has resulted in a huge extra charge for microgeneration plants. Does that make sense to my hon. Friend?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
450 c513 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Air pollution Climate change Carbon dioxide Environment protection Energy supply Exhaust emissions Droughts Floods Nuclear power Pollution control Natural disasters Renewable energy Rivers
Link
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