Examination of Witnesses (Question 340)
IAN PEARSON
AND MR
NIALL MACKENZIE
12 DECEMBER 2006
Q340 Dr Turner: Presumably Defra
will be pressing the DTI to include something in the Energy White
Paper to address this because some of the biggest hits we can
make in carbon reduction have to be in the energy industry.
Ian Pearson: It is not a matter
of pressing; it is a matter of working closely with the DTI. We
worked very closely with the DTI on the energy review which will
be published in July. We are working closely with them at the
moment in the run up to publishing the Energy White Paper. What
industry wants to see is a long term vision for the energy supply
industry. The Energy White Paper will provide exactly that and
it will give the market the confidence it needs in terms of what
our strategy is so that they can make the big ticket investments
that I know are in the pipeline at the moment.
Chairman: Thank you very much. We have
covered a lot of ground and we are grateful to you for spending
so much time with us. It has been helpful to us and I am sure
we will discuss these issues with you again before long. We are
grateful to you for coming.
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