HC Deb 05 December 1988 vol 143 c49W
Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will list all the feasibility studies being carried out into barrages across United Kingdom estuaries for schemes to produce electricity.

Mr. Michael Spicer

The Department of Energy is supporting feasibility studies of tidal energy barrages on the Severn, Mersey and Loughor estuaries, with two other possibilities under consideration.