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Energy Bill

I thank the Minister for that positive reply and the noble Lord, Lord De Mauley, for his excellent questions. I am very reassured by the fact that geothermal is included in the Bill under the renewables obligation, so I cannot see myself bringing forward this amendment at Report. I especially welcome the Minister's offer to meet the industry, part of which is in the UK and part of which is abroad but wishing to invest in the United Kingdom, to discuss with his officials how the sector may be able to move forward. On the very knowledgeable response of the Minister, the original project in Cornwall indeed did not produce the 200 degrees effectively required for electricity generation, but that was because it went down to only about 2.5 kilometres, and you have to go down to about 5 kilometres to get that sort of heat.