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Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Inspections etc.) Regulations 2012

I thank the noble Lord. Perhaps I may reassure him that I have consulted with the industry since he spoke. The industry is apparently very happy that he did not consult, so I think that that is fine. I want to come back to one question, because it is important to understand it. It would seem to me that on any CCS project, demonstration or otherwise, there has to be some sort of facility for temporary storage at the power station. It might go straight off on a pipeline, but if there is a problem there has to be some capacity for storage at a power station, whether temporary or permanent. Who is responsible for that sort of inspection? Although it is not envisaged that there should be large-scale onshore carbon dioxide storage, I cannot imagine that there will not be any. As the noble Lord, Lord Marland, says, this refers only to offshore, so I would be interested to understand how that is regulated.