Jeremy Lefroy
Main Page: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)(11 years, 5 months ago)
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Mr Speaker
We are getting a very full insight into the Minister’s working week, for which I am sure we are all extremely grateful.
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con)
Alstom, a major Stafford manufacturer, has just announced a welcome investment in tidal energy. Will the Minister please update us on the potential for tidal energy and associated manufacturing in the UK?
Mr Hayes
My hon. Friend will know that I am profoundly interested in renewable technologies that deliver. Tidal energy has immense potential. We have already committed resources to the work being done to get it to a scale on which it could be commercially viable. What my hon. Friend points to in his constituency, backed by his personal support, can only assist us in that practice.