Extracts from Commons statement on UK Gas Market - Sep 20
Tuesday, 21 September 2021 07:08
David Duguid (Banff and Buchan) (Con): It is absolutely right that
we continue on our energy transition to net zero. I welcome the
Government’s ongoing commitment to increasing renewable and
low-carbon capacity across the UK, not least in the form of carbon
capture and storage, for example, as proposed by the Acorn project
at St Fergus in my constituency, where, at the moment at least,
about 30% of the UK’s gas comes ashore. Does my right hon. Friend
agree that while we still have a...Request free trial
(Banff and Buchan) (Con): It is absolutely right that we
continue on our energy transition to net zero. I welcome the
Government’s ongoing commitment to increasing renewable and
low-carbon capacity across the UK, not least in the form of carbon
capture and storage, for example, as proposed by the Acorn project at St Fergus in my
constituency, where, at the moment at least, about 30% of the UK’s
gas comes ashore. Does my right hon. Friend agree that while we
still have a demand, albeit a declining demand, for natural gas, we
must ensure that that demand is satisfied by domestic sources as
far as reasonably possible?
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
(): What my hon. Friend says is entirely reasonable. I
pay tribute to him in his role as Under-Secretary of State in the
Scotland Office, where he and I spoke about these issues almost
continually, it would appear—we spoke about Acorn
and we spoke about carbon capture. He will know that I am
passionately committed not only to carbon capture but to ensuring
that we have a decent domestic supply of natural gas.
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