The Minister is, however, describing a process in which information is published and laid before Parliament after the contracts have been signed. If, as is likely in the case of Electricité de France, we are talking about a 30-year contract, does he agree that it is practically pointless to have scrutiny after the event, when we would in effect be locked in for nearly a generation? What exactly does he expect Parliament to do if it then looks at the published details of the negotiations and does not like them?
Energy Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Martin Horwood
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 3 June 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Energy Bill.
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