Clause 18
Energy Bill
10:45 am
Stephen Ladyman (South Thanet, Labour)
I was going immediately to declare that interest: Kingsnorth is not very far away from my constituency in Kent and many jobs are going to be dependent on it. Like the hon. Gentleman, I very much hope that it will include carbon capture and storage. However, if we did something that would discourage the development of the new Kingsnorth, would that not mean that the existing plant—which is dirtier and produces far more CO2—is likely to be further extended into the future? It is in the interest of the environment that we give E.ON the support it needs to develop these new technologies and, in addition to that, press it to include carbon capture and storage at a later date.