Baroness Featherstone – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Energy and Climate Change

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Featherstone on 2016-02-01.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect work to commence on the Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon.

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

On 10 February the Government announced that it will commission an independent review to assess the strategic case for tidal lagoons and whether they could represent good value for consumers. We anticipate that the review will be completed in the autumn.

The Government is currently in the first phase of a Contract for Difference negotiation with the developer of the proposed Swansea Bay tidal lagoon project. At present there is no timeframe for how long the negotiation process may take. The timeframe depends on a number of factors, many of which would be outside the control of the Department.

The work programme and the construction timetable for the proposed lagoon are matters for the developer.