I am listening carefully to the hon. Gentleman. The Minister was right to say that the Bill tries to put three technologies together, which has not been done elsewhere, which we accept. However, in reality, the end bit—storage in aquifers in the North sea and elsewhere—is not in the gift of the Government but of oil and gas companies, which still own them. Does he share my concern that many aquifers will disappear quickly, because they will collapse, and that unless the Government, through the reporting mechanism, which is important, state how we are going to maintain them in the short term as well as the long term, we will lose an opportunity to be world leaders in storage as well as outcome?
Energy Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 February 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Energy Bill.
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