Energy Bill

I am not giving way on this point. It is clear that under our proposal, if the technology works, we will end up where we want to be. To suggest that it should be in place from the beginning would be to defeat the progress of the technology completely. The hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey also asked about CCS and intellectual property. We want to have the maximum sharing, and that is why we are working with China. We want to see the sharing and development of technology. It will be necessary, of course, to have some intellectual property rights, but we do not envisage those standing in the way of the kind of co-operation that we need. The hon. Gentleman, and other hon. Members, asked about fuel poverty and argued that those off the gas grid are not protected. One way to deal with the situation would be to put the social price support on electricity bills. In that way, we could assist everyone who had an electricity supply, which is virtually everyone in the country. That would mean that we did not disadvantage those who are off the gas grid.