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Ministerial statement on Wednesday, 23 May 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Darling of Roulanish.

Energy White Paper

Statement on the energy White paper (Cm 7124).

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
460 c1279-96 
Session
2006-07
Department
Department of Trade and Industry
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Anne Moffat | 460 c1291 (Link to this contribution) What will be the impact of the irresponsible position of the Scottish National party, who want no ne...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1291-2 (Link to this contribution) I think you would stop me if I attempted to answer for the nationalists, Mr. Deputy Speaker, but I w...
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Julie Kirkbride | 460 c1292 (Link to this contribution) Can we assume from the answer that the Secretary of State gave the hon. Member for East Lothian (Ann...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1292 (Link to this contribution) No. All nuclear power stations will be decommissioned at some stage. Scotland has two nuclear power ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1292 (Link to this contribution) I can see that my hon. Friend has yet to be persuaded of my argument. The answer is yes: the White P...
Gordon Prentice | 460 c1292 (Link to this contribution) Does the White Paper give any illustrative figures for the true cost of nuclear generation, includin...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1293 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Prime Minister and I are in complete agreement on that, although I was not presen...
Viscount Hailsham | 460 c1292-3 (Link to this contribution) Earlier today the Prime Minister made it plain that the Government favoured a large nuclear generati...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1293 (Link to this contribution) We want to encourage development of that kind. There are many examples of methane being captured to ...
Jeff Ennis | 460 c1293 (Link to this contribution) A couple of years ago I had the privilege of opening a methane extraction plant in my constituency, ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1294 (Link to this contribution) I would like our reserves in this country to be recovered and burned. However, the Government cannot...
Vincent Cable | 460 c1294 (Link to this contribution) When the price of carbon and electricity falls to such a level that private nuclear generators can n...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1293-4 (Link to this contribution) The first thing that the hon. Gentleman could do is tell the Conservative members of Swale borough c...
Denis Murphy | 460 c1294 (Link to this contribution) Is my right hon. Friend aware that an application has recently been made to build a clean coal power...
Mike Weir | 460 c1295 (Link to this contribution) Speaking on behalf of the Scottish National party and Plaid Cymru, I can say that there is much in t...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1294-5 (Link to this contribution) Let me add to what I said in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wansbeck (Mr. Murphy). We want t...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1294 (Link to this contribution) No, as with other electricity generation we believe that those are commercial decisions for the gene...
Speaker | 460 c1295 (Link to this contribution) Order. I cannot allow the hon. Member to make a statement, especially as we have already been addres...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 460 c1296 (Link to this contribution) In terms of today’s White Paper, I am sure that the Secretary of State will want to confirm the impo...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1296 (Link to this contribution) The best place to refer my hon. Friend is the planning White Paper that was published on Monday. Att...
Speaker | 460 c1296 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am afraid that we must move on. There will be other opportunities to pursue this matter.
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1296 (Link to this contribution) First, let me congratulate the hon. Gentleman on his new role. I want there to be close relationship...
Bob Blizzard | 460 c1296 (Link to this contribution) Britain is the windiest country in Europe. My right hon. Friend’s Department has identified many sit...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1295-6;460 c1295 (Link to this contribution) On the Peterhead plant, I know that the leader of the Scottish National party has a particular inter...
Jamie Reed | 460 c1285 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for putting forward such a thorough and courageo...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1279-82 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the energy White Paper and...
Alan Duncan | 460 c1282-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of the statement. At its heart, however, there is c...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1283-5 (Link to this contribution) Although the hon. Gentleman undoubtedly received my statement, I am sorry that, yet again, he did no...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1290-1 (Link to this contribution) That too is mentioned in the White Paper, and my hon. Friend will know that the Sustainable Developm...
Julie Morgan | 460 c1290 (Link to this contribution) I have reservations about nuclear power. What does my right hon. Friend think about the construction...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1291 (Link to this contribution) I do not accept what the hon. Gentleman says. Not a single generator has come to me and said ““I am ...
Robert Smith | 460 c1291 (Link to this contribution) The statement will not end investors’ uncertainty. The delay over carbon capture and storage, yet mo...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1289 (Link to this contribution) On the hon. Gentleman’s general point, the banding of the renewables obligation will help biomass pr...
James Paice | 460 c1289 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State talked tantalisingly in his statement about local power generation and decent...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1289-90 (Link to this contribution) I very much agree with my right hon. Friend. We have made a commitment to reduce fuel poverty, and t...
Tom Clarke | 460 c1289 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. Will he share with the House his thinking on social ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1290 (Link to this contribution) I have some sympathy with what the right hon. Gentleman says, but if he is right about that, leaving...
Lord Lilley | 460 c1290 (Link to this contribution) Given the time that it takes to plan and build a new nuclear power station, and the urgency of this ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1288 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his kind words, and I look forward to hearing his next inter...
Peter Luff | 460 c1287-8 (Link to this contribution) Although I am not sure that it was wise of the Secretary of State to pre-empt his statement to the H...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1288-9 (Link to this contribution) I understand perfectly what my hon. Friend is saying. I think that I am right in saying that a good ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1285 (Link to this contribution) First, we have to consult on the principle of ensuring that nuclear remains an option that can be co...
Gavin Strang | 460 c1287 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my right hon. Friend that renewable energy sources have a vital role to play. He will b...
Speaker | 460 c1287 (Link to this contribution) Order. I need the help of right hon. and hon. Members. I am aware that this is an Opposition day but...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1286-7 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Lady in what she says about renewable energy. I want to see far more of it, pa...
Baroness Kramer | 460 c1285-6 (Link to this contribution) On our analysis, by 2050 we can reduce emissions from the power-generating sector by 94 per cent. en...
Eric Illsley | 460 c1288 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend’s predecessor stood at the Dispatch Box about 18 months ago and said practicall...
Lord Bellingham | 460 c1293 (Link to this contribution) Is the Secretary of State aware that there are now 500 offshore wind turbines either under construct...
Speaker | 460 c1284 (Link to this contribution) Order. The shadow Secretary of State has asked some questions, so I think that the Opposition Front ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 460 c1287 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend makes a perfectly good point. Most of us would like to see more biofuels, and I...
Sandra Osborne | 460 c1294 (Link to this contribution) In a welcome move, the Secretary of State set up the coal forum to inform future policy on the contr...
Subjects
Conservation Combined heat and power Climate change Carbon capture and storage Energy Electricity generation Energy supply Pollution Nuclear power Pollution control Renewable energy Carbon emissions Greenhouse gas emissions
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