Tidal Power (Severn Estuary)

Part of Energy and Climate Change – in the House of Commons at 11:00 am on 11 November 2010.

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Photo of Charles Hendry Charles Hendry The Minister of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change 11:00, 11 November 2010

It was part of the process, but it was not the whole process. We have also looked very carefully at the costs: the main barrage would cost more than £30 billion. We looked at the amount of subsidy that would require now, and believed that it was not the right way forward.