HC Deb 04 July 1988 vol 136 cc422-3W
21. Mr. Chapman

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he plans any further initiatives relating to funding of research into alternative and renewable forms of energy.

Mr. Michael Spicer

Energy Paper number 55 "Renewable Energy in the UK: The Way Forward" has recently been published. It gives our view of the development strategy for renewable energy to the year 2000, together with an estimate of support to be shared between Government and industry on an increasing level of collaboration.