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731587

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to make a further statement on tidal power and tidal lagoons.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	53
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>The Government is currently assessing the recommendations of the Hendry Review and will publish a response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 27/06/2017 15:53:23 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

809719

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to answer of 13 December to Question 118103, whether Tidal Range is classified as a less established technology that is eligible to participate in auctions for additional contracts for difference under the Control for Low Carbon Levies announced in Autumn Budget 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	120339
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>Tidal range has not been eligible to participate in Contract for Difference auctions due to its particular characteristics, including: lack of cost data available and the site specific nature of these technologies. The list of technologies that were eligible to participate in the most recent auction for less established technologies was set out in the answer I gave to Question 118103; tidal range did not fall within that list.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 08/01/2018 15:45:50 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

732568

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent discussions he has had with the tidal energy industry on support for that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	1196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State, his Ministers and officials have engaged frequently with stakeholders across the Department’s portfolio of responsibilities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 17/07/2017 08:40:56 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

732563

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to support the UK's tidal energy industry.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	1193
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Tidal stream technologies are currently eligible to compete for support in the Contracts for Difference (CFD) allocation round process. CFDs provide efficient long-term support for, and incentivise investment in, low carbon electricity generation. The Government is currently assessing the recommendations of the Hendry Review and will publish a response in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 03/07/2017 10:22:10 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

732655

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to promote tidal energy and wave power as part of the UK's Industrial Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	1116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>As part of the Industrial Strategy, we are engaging with all sectors to deliver an economy that works for everyone.</p><p> </p><p>The Department provides innovation funding aimed at developing new, innovative technologies and cost reductions. Once they reach commercial deployment, wave and tidal projects can compete with other renewable technologies for support through Contracts For Difference.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 10/07/2017 10:16:36 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1131226

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent progress his Department has made on the development of tidal energy.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	263200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State made a statement to the House on Monday 25 June 2018 setting out our position on the support for the proposed Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon project. The Department’s analysis of the project and the proposed follow-on programme of lagoons was that it did not represent value for money. This remains the Department’s position.</p><p> </p><p>In February, the Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth met the rt. hon. member for Orkney and Shetland, along with a cross-party delegation of Members of Parliament and representatives of the sector, to discuss the potential for alternative methods of funding early tidal stream and wave energy deployment.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 17/06/2019 12:30:30 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

714725

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of alternative forms of tidal energy generation; what the result of the modelling of those alternatives was; what assessment was made of the effect of each such alternative on (a) coastal erosion and (b) sediment build-up; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	69595
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>In 2010, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published its feasibility assessment of a scheme to generate electricity from the tides of the Severn estuary. It found that, since the Severn estuary is highly dynamic, and without detailed information on specific projects, it was impossible to predict the impacts of the tidal power schemes surveyed with absolute certainty.</p><p>Environmental impacts, along with other relevant matters, would be considered as part of the relevant statutory planning processes when consent applications for tidal energy generation projects are submitted.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2017 13:20:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

682455

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the merits of encouraging the development of tidal lagoons to provide energy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	62525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government is considering the recommendations in the Hendry Review and the issues which arise from a broader programme. Government will require a period of time to assess the merits of such a programme and determine what is in the best interest of the UK energy consumer and taxpayer in the long term, and will publish its response to the Hendry Review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2017 15:16:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

679813

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) lagoons meet the criteria required to obtain a marine licence and (b) alternative habitats are found for wildlife affected by each lagoon.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	62040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>Marine Licences are issued in England and Wales by the Marine Management Organisation and Natural Resources Wales respectively. It is for the developers of projects to engage with the MMO and NRW directly on any marine licence application they wish to make.</p><p>The impact of any proposed new lagoons on habitats and wildlife, including the need for any alternative habitats, will be assessed as part of the consent or licence application process for those projects taking into account the requirements of any relevant legislation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 14:33:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main

679814

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept id	201
	answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
	hansard heading	Tidal Power
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his Department's policy is on ensuring pathfinder tidal lagoons include a no regrets policy.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
	uin	62039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2017 answer text <p>The Hendry Review published its report in January. Government is considering its recommendations and the issues which would arise from a broader lagoon programme, and will publish its response to the Hendry Review in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/02/2017 14:35:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main