Renewable Energy Projects

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 13 June 2018.

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Photo of David Lloyd David Lloyd Plaid Cymru 2:02, 13 June 2018

(Translated)

Thank you very much for that response. Naturally, I was going to pursue the tidal lagoon—the much-vaunted tidal lagoon by now, because we are facing further delays on any announcement on the future of the Swansea bay tidal lagoon. As you know, we have been waiting since the publication of the Hendry report in January 2017. Now, the question is: have you had any recent discussions with Swansea council and with the tidal lagoon company locally—I’m talking recently now—on any possible way forward? Have you personally had any discussions with any Ministers in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy in Westminster since the Financial Times reported that the tidal lagoon was unlikely to proceed? Finally, have there been any discussions with the UK Government on what needs to be done to make the tidal lagoon a reality? I hear what you say about correspondence between the First Minister and Greg Clark, the relevant Minister, but I do think that, given that this project is so terribly important for us in Swansea, we need to be more proactive than that, and insist that something happens, certainly, if they continue to say the £200 million is still insufficient—then what figure would be sufficient?