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Energy Bill

I was extremely surprised—maybe I misheard or misunderstood him—when the noble Lord said that EU law precluded storage of carbon dioxide onshore. I cannot believe that that is right; I see that certain heads are nodding. That sounds patently absurd, because there are perfectly good saline aquifers in this country that would hold sequestrated carbon dioxide in perpetuity. I see absolutely no reason why Brussels should insist that we cannot do that. I hope that the noble Lord will take on board—as the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale, suggested—that this whole business needs to be firmly and swiftly revisited.