I disagree with the hon. Gentleman. The difficulty is that we have high energy prices because we have not invested in new technology to bring them down. For example, if we had cracked the holy grail of carbon capture and storage on a commercial basis—it is already cracked on a scientific basis—this country would be quids in, because of all the coal we have.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Rob Marris
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 26 October 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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