HC Deb 13 November 1989 vol 160 c98W
25. Mr. Amess

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what representations he has received about proposals for a tidal-power barrage across the Severn estuary.

30. Mr. Cash

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what representations he has received about proposals for a tidal-power barrage across the Severn estuary.

Mr. Peter Morrison

My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State met Sir Frank Gibb, chairman of the Severn Tidal Power Group on 18 October to discuss the general report of the Severn barrage project.

Over the next two years further work on the Severn barrage will be undertaken. This will include some site specific environmental work and a study of the organisation and financing issues for a barrage.

The work to be undertaken immediately is under discussion with the Severn Tidal Power Group in the light of its report.