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Energy Security

I agree with my hon. Friend, but the fact that the Secretary of State has described the situation as "urgent" may indicate that he has moved on a bit from that position. As I have said, I do not think that this issue should divide us. Over the past few days the United Kingdom-based Chemical Industries Association carried out a survey following which it reported that nearly half its members believed that increased storage was essential to future investment by companies in the UK, and over a third claimed that the current uncertainty of supply—caused by a lack of gas storage—was restricting the ability of the sector to invest in the UK. The situation is, as the Secretary of State says, urgent.