Alternative Energy sources

HC Deb 01 April 1985 vol 76 cc893-4

12. Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether he proposes to have further discussions with the European Community Council of Ministers about alternative sources of energy.

Mr. David Hunt

Discussions are expected on alternative energy sources at a Council of Energy Ministers on 10 June.

Mr. Knox

Does my hon. Friend agree that research into alternative energy sources should increasingly be undertaken on a Community basis?

Mr. Hunt

Yes. We are continuing to give positive and substantial support to those renewables that are the most promising for the United Kingdom. Our views broadly coincide with those of our Community partners. I had the opportunity to discuss these matters with Dr. H. Eliasmöller, the head of the division on alternative sources in the European Commission, when I met him at the opening of the wind turbine generator in the constituency of my hon. Friend the Member for Devon, North (Mr. Speller).