PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Tidal Power: Swansea Bay (31 January 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the effect of the recommendations in the Hendry Review on the proposed Swansea tidal lagoon and other similar projects; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Ian Murray (Labour)

The Government is currently considering the Review’s recommendations and the issues which arise from a broader programme. Government will require a period of time to assess those issues and determine what is in the best interest of the UK energy consumer and taxpayer in the long term. The Government will publish its response to the Hendry Review in due course.

Answered by:
Jesse Norman (Conservative)
6 February 2017