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Subject: News Bulletin from Conor Burns MP #126
Date: 28 November 2014 17:25
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In this edition:

Issue 126 - Friday 28th November 2014

Since the past edition, Conor has:

Conor Burns MPs Diary

Conor in Parliament:
Bournemouth West MP
Welcomes Park Homes
Debate

Spoken in Parliament to attack the Labour partys

misrepresentation of Lord Freuds comments about the
disabled workforce.
Met with first year media and journalism students at
Bournemouth University.
Spoken about the need to tackle immigration when delivering
the inaugural Margaret Thatcher Centre lecture.
Met with JP Morgan to discuss their support for local charity
Home-Start.
Spoken in the House of Commons about Coalfield
Communities.
Been quoted in TV-industry newspaper Broadcast.
Held a surgery at the Triangle to help local people with their
problems.
Attended a reception held by Pink News to support the LGBT
community.
Held a Q&A about gypsies and travellers on Slades Farm at
the Ensbury Park Community Centre.
Attended the Backbench business debate on Park Homes in
the House of Commons.
Appeared on BBC Sunday Politics South.
Judged the annual Guy Fawkes competition at the
Butchers Coppice fireworks display.
Laid a wreath at the War Memorial during Bournemouths
Remembrance Sunday event.
Spoken at the launch of the Centre for Leadership, Impact
and
Management
in
Bournemouth
(CLiMB)
at
Bournemouth University.
Joined other guests at an event to promote the work of
Bournemouth Hospital Charity.
Officially opened Charminsters refurbished Post Office.
Shadowed staff at Talbot Heath Sainsburys to learn more
about the companys investment in its staff.
Met with Bright Blue Day to discuss the ongoing work on
Bournemouths Digital Manifesto.
Helped staff from Talbot Heath Sainsburys distribute pizzas
and mince pies to patients at Poole Hospital.
Been featured in the Daily Telegraph regarding the Navitus
Bay Wind Farm
Spoke at a Question Time event hosted by the University of
the Third Age.

Conor Burns MP Officially

Opens New-Look
Charminster Road Post
Office
Bournemouth West MP
addresses University of the
Third Age
Conor in the Media:
Margaret Thatcher would
expect the Tories to retake
control of Britain's borders
Photo news:
Conor meets with
Bournemouth University
Journalism Students
Conor in Parliament:
Conor challenges Labour in
welfare debate
Photo news:
JP Morgan Apprentices
Conor in the Media:
BBC risks 'market distortion'
Conor in Parliament:
Conor intervenes in
Coalfield Communities
debate
Conor Burns Welcomes
National Coastal Tourism
Academy Initiative
Conor in the media:
Navitus Bay wind farm:
Fewer turbines option
submitted
Bournemouth West MP
visits Talbot Heath
Sainsbury's
Conor in the media:
Butlin's boss: Cutting VAT
for tourism a 'no-brainer'
Conor in the media:
Plans for 3bn Navitus Bay
wind farm off Jurassic
Coast in doubt
How to contact
Conor Burns MP

Conor in Parliament:

Bournemouth West MP Welcomes Park

Homes Debate

Click on the image above to watch Conor's intervention in the

debate.
On 30 October 2014, Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns attended a
debate in the House of Commons about the sales commission levied
on park homes.
Bournemouth West is home to five park home sites, and a number of
constituents has contacted Conor to put across their arguments as to
why the 10 per cent commission currently levied on sales by site
owners should be abolished.
Responding to their concerns, Conor attended the debate to
demonstrate to the government the strength of feeling amongst his
own constituents.
Commenting after the debate, Conor said: A number of constituents
had contacted me about this issue, so I was pleased to attend the
debate to listen to the arguments put forward on both sides by
colleagues.
"I am sympathetic to the view that the commission is unfair in those
cases where site owners do little to earn the money they receive, and
appreciate the affect this can have on those looking to move.
However, I also understand that for responsible site owners the
commission is a valuable source of income, used to maintain and
improve facilities.
"What I would like to see is greater transparency over the use of
commission income a solution I would hope is acceptable to all
concerned.

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Conor Burns MP Officially Opens New-Look

Charminster Road Post Office

Conor Burns MP opens the refurbished Charminster Post Office

with Postmaster Parrie Dha and family.
To celebrate the launch of new-look Charminster Road Post Office,
which has been totally transformed, Bournemouth West MP Conor
Burns, cut the ribbon at an opening ceremony on Thursday 13
November with Postmaster Mr Parrie Dha.
Charminster Road Post Office has been refurbished and Post Office
services are now available from two modern screened positions and a
combi-counter, where the customers can access selected Post Office
products and services alongside retail transactions.
Post Office services are available Monday to Saturday: 9am to
5:30pm. This is an extra five hours service on a Saturday afternoon.
The car tax renewal service has also been added and four extra
foreign currencies are now available on demand.
Conor Burns MP, said. I am really impressed by the changes. The
branch looks really modern and professional. I want to congratulate
postmaster Mr Dha on his vital community role. Opening on Saturday
afternoon will make it far more convenient for customers to visit. The
addition of the car tax renewal service and more currencies available
on demand will also be very helpful for customers.
Mr Dha, who has been a postmaster since March 2013, said: It looks
posh is the immediate reaction of customers to the refurbishment of
the branch. They feel it will be really useful to be able to visit the
branch on a Saturday afternoon. They are really pleased that they can
get their car tax renewed here now.
Laura Tarling, Post Office Senior Stakeholder Manager, said: We
understand how important having a Post Office is to residents in the
Charminster Road area of Bournemouth. I am confident this new
modern Post Office will meet the needs of the local community and
secure services for the future. This modernisation is part of a major
investment programme, the largest in the history of the Post Office. It
marks a commitment to no more branch closure programmes.
Under the current Parliament the Government has committed 1.34bn
for the Post Office network to make sure there is no programme of
Post Office closures and to update branches; in November the
Government announced a further 640m investment in the Post Office
network, from 2015 to 2018. Nationwide the investment programme
will see up to 8,000 branches modernised with additional investment
in over 3,000 community and outreach branches.

Bournemouth West MP addresses

University of the Third Age
Conor Burns MP joined members of the Bournemouth branch of the
University of the Third Age (U3A) for a Question Time-style event at
the Annunciation Church Hall on Friday 14 November.
The Bournemouth West MP answered questions on the issues
identified by the U3A as being of most interest to the audience, which
was made up entirely of those who are in the third age of their lives,
meaning those who are no longer in full-time employment. Topics
discussed included immigration, the threat from Islamic State-inspired
terrorism, the need to take more responsibility over our own health,
the entitlements of pensioners, and sentencing guidelines.
During the discussion, Conor heard interventions from the audience
and picked up on the points that they made. After the event, he
commented: I was very pleased to have the opportunity to speak to
Bournemouth U3A about the issues that matter to them. The insightful
questions asked by the audience members helped to foster a lively
discussion, and I was inspired to meet so many people who are
involved in learning for its own sake.
The University of the Third Age is a worldwide movement that began
in France in 1973. It is at heart a self-help organisation for people no
longer in full time employment providing educational, creative and
leisure opportunities in a friendly environment.
The Bournemouth branch opened in 1987 and now has over 1,000
members.
To
find
out
more,
please
visit
www.bournemouthu3a.org.uk.

Conor in the Media:

Margaret Thatcher would expect the Tories

to retake control of Britains borders
Conor Burns, The Spectator
Saturday 18th October 2014
In a 1978 interview to mark her
third year as leader of the
Conservative Party, Margaret
Thatcher
addressed
public
concerns with immigration, stating that people are really rather afraid
that this country might be rather swamped.
Goodness knows what word she would use to describe the situation
we face today.
Anyone who has knocked on doors or surveyed their constituents in
recent years will tell you the public have had enough. Immigration into
the UK is the number one concern to the British public and, in my
judgment, a party that does not address it will not win.
In 2003 427,000 people arrived in Britain. In the years that followed it
was 518,000, 496,000, 529,000, 527,000, 538,000, 528,000, 553,000,
531,000, and 426,000. Yet it is even more serious than bare numbers
suggest. Because we have, quite literally, lost control of our borders.
Our membership of the EU with its dogma of free movement of people
means the Government of Britain is powerless to prevent EU citizens
coming to the UK. It is this central fact that must now be addressed.
For we have reached the absurd situation where we are turning away
skilled people from beyond the EU who would make a valuable and
welcome contribution to the UK in order to try and meet an
unattainable pledge to cut net migration to the tens of thousands.
Margaret Thatcher often said controversial things. She confronted
difficult problems. And as she said in her maiden speech in the House
of Lords she never knowingly made an uncontroversial speech in her
life. But controversial is often right.
Let me emulate this in some small ways this evening.
The time has come from Britain to again govern her own borders. It
should be our Government, accountable to the British people, who
decide who comes to live and work in Britain.
This is what Margaret Thatcher would have done. We should not ask
for this from our European partners. We must demand it. And now.
This post is based on a speech delivered by Conor Burns MP at the
Inaugural Margaret Thatcher Centre Margaret Thatcher Memorial
Lecture.

Photo news:

Conor meets with Bournemouth University

Journalism Students

Conor Burns MP with Bournemouth University journalism

students.

Conor in Parliament:

Conor challenges Labour in welfare debate

Click on the image above to watch Conor's intervention in the

debate.
The text of the exchange was as follows:
Conor Burns (Bournemouth West, Conservative): Our noble Friend
Lord Freud used clumsy and offensive language and rightly
apologised for it. Does the Minister agree that for the shadow Minister
deliberately to misinterpret and mislead the House as to Lord Freuds
comments for blatantly partisan advantage and to castigate
Government Members who care as much about disabled people as
Opposition Members shows the very worst of the House? Kate Green
made a disgraceful speech.
Mark Harper (Minister of State (Department for Work and
Pensions) (Disabled People); Forest of Dean, Conservative): I
agree with the sentiments expressed by my hon. Friend. The
Conservative party has a proud record. When my right hon. Friend the
Leader of the House of Commons held the office that I hold today, he
took through the House the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, the first
Act of its kind. That is a record of which our party can be proud and
we do not need to take any lessons from the Labour party. Frankly, the
words of the hon. Member for Stretford and Urmston were offensive.

Photo news:

JP Morgan Apprentices

Conor Burns with apprentices at JP Morgan.

Conor in the Media:

BBC risks market distortion

Jake Kanter, Broadcast
Thursday 23rd October 2014
The BBC risks creating a significant market distortion when BBC
Productions is hived off into a commercial entity if it is not transparent
about in-house costs.
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead came under pressure from MPs
this week over director general Tony Halls vision to scrap
commissioning quotas and free up in-house producers to pitch to
other broadcasters.
Conservative MP Conor Burns said indies want the BBC to be
transparent about production costs for series such as Doctor Who
and Strictly Come Dancing.
Theyre worried that we could end up, if this isnt managed in an open
and transparent way, with a significant market distortion, he told
Fairhead at a Culture, Media and Sport Committee hearing on the
BBCs future on Wednesday.
Culture secretary Sajid Javid also raised questions about the strategy
during the same hearing.
Asked by Burns if he had concerns about liberating BBC in-house
production, the former Treasury financial secretary said: Yes, I would.
Given the size of the BBC, in our creative media sector and the
amount of production it commissions, it has an impact.
Fairhead said Halls compete and compare strategy sounds great in
principle, but the devil really is in the detail.
She added that BBC management needs to be clear about what it is
they are proposing before costs of in-house shows are shared.
Our role in the Trust will be to get that information and have a
consultation that we think gives enough information for the
independents to feel [comfortable]. I cant sit here and say all numbers
will be given, she told MPs.
Former BBC Studios and Post Production chief executive Anna Mallett
is leading the strategy on establishing BBC Productions as a
commercial entity.
Alongside this, BBC commercial director Bal Samra is leading a
working group which includes Pact that will draw up plans for the
corporations supply model. This is distinct from a Trust review of the
BBCs programming supply arrangements.
Outgoing BBC trustee David Liddiment had to defend Halls July
announcement of the in-house plans. Labour MP Paul Farrelly was
bemused that theTrust was not consulted more fully on the strategy
before it was made public, but Liddiment said he didnt feel wrongfooted by BBC management.
BBC Trust chairman Rona Fairhead argued that the licence fee is not
a problem that needs to be fixed. She said it is her growing
assumption that the licence fee works, is effective and the public
broadly supports it.
She added that other funding models, such as subscription, risk
changing the nature of the BBC and not in a positive way.
Culture secretary Sajid Javid said the charter renewal process which
will kick off after next years May general election will rule out no
options when considering the BBCs future funding arrangements.
Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said the overwhelming view
is that the Trust is busted, adding that trustees must have a death
wish if they want current governance arrangements to continue.
BBC Trust director Jon Zeff said questions of governance will be dealt
with during charter review, but accepted that no doubt there will be
further improvements that can be made.
Javid confirmed that changes will be considered next year, but
declined to throw his support behind any of the suggested alternative
models, including creating a plc-style board at the BBC or involving
Ofcom in regulation.
Tory MP Philip Davies raised concerns that Fairhead was being too
positive about the BBC, when she should be more objective. Have
you gone native in record time? he asked the former Financial Times
Group chief executive. Absolutely not, Fairhead responded. I dont
think I have gone native. I dont ever intend to go native.
Outgoing BBC trustee David Liddiment stood by the Trusts July TV
services review findings on BBC1. It was clear that we were getting a
signal from the audience that BBC1 was getting a little bit stale, he
told MPs. Liddiment was also lukewarm about the virtues of The Voice
UK (pictured). Its arguable how distinctive it is, he said.

Conor in Parliament:

Conor intervenes in Coalfield Communities

debate

Click on the image above to watch a montage of Conor's

interventions in the debate.
Click here to read the whole debate >>

Conor Burns Welcomes National Coastal

Tourism Academy Initiative
Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns has welcomed the formation of a
new think tank designed specifically to ignite new ideas and shape the
future of Bournemouths tourism direction.
Called the Tourism Innovation Programme (TIP), the ground-breaking
project will also mentor and encourage independent thinkers from
Bournemouths emerging talent to inject new energy and passion for
the tourism and hospitality industry in the South Coast resort.
TIP is the invention of the National Coastal Tourism Academy (NCTA),
and the local councils Tourism Management Board and comprises
trail-blazers selected from the towns tourism and hospitality industry
by an industry-wide nomination process.
Staff from a cross-section of hotels, attractions, restaurants and pubs
as well as local entrepreneurs such as the founder of Conker Spirit,
Dorsets first dry gin distillery, are represented.
The new Tourism Innovation Programme is led by an experienced
industry innovator, Stephen Feber, who helps spark the flow of ideas
to create new services and products, to add value to the visitor
experience, said Samantha Richardson, director of the NCTA.
TIP will have the potential to inject a new innovative energy across
the destination, to make it more resilient and competitive for the
future.
This is a unique opportunity for resourceful, creative
individuals to join a dynamic new team to generate ideas and help
position Bournemouth at the leading edge of UK coastal tourism.
With the rise in UK short breaks, shaping a dynamic future is vital for
coastal tourist resorts longterm economic success and, uniquely, this
programme is industry driven.
Its induction has been enthusiastically welcomed by participants.
The opening session was extremely valuable, commented David
Cullen, Assistant Marketing Manger at Lemur Leisure, a local
childrens attraction.
I wrote pages of notes and took away several ideas I can apply to my
business.
I found the event very thought-provoking and found myself thinking
about the wider story seeing the visitors experience of the
destination as a series of connected interactions and transactions, an
entire journey not just individual customer experiences, said Anna
Chamberlain, Business Support for Bournemouth Coastal BID.
The cohort met for the first time this month, (October) with three
further half-day sessions to follow throughout the year.
The Tourism Innovation Programme is part of the NCTAs strategy to
boost the local tourism industry and help create jobs.
Commenting on TIP, Conor Burns said: This is a fantastic initiative
from the NCTA, and one which I am sure will support Bournemouths
continued success as a tourism destination. I look forward to listening
to some of the TIPs ideas, and wish them every success for the
future.

Conor in the media:

Navitus Bay wind farm: Fewer turbines

option submitted
BBC
Friday 7th November 2014
A scheme for 194 turbines up to 200m (650ft) high
off Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are
currently being examined by the Planning
Inspectorate.
Navitus Bay said it was still committed to the original proposal but
submitted plans for a smaller scheme in response to a query from the
examining panel.
A campaign group called the new plan "a cynical ploy".
David Lloyd, from Challenge Navitus, said keeping plan A but
submitting a smaller plan B meant the latter would not go through
public consultation or have a report prepared on environmental impact.
He added: "This is a cynical ploy to try and get an amended plan in
through the back door."
Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns tweeted: "I predicted this Navitus
con ages ago. Local people who have watched twists and spin will not
be taken in. We fight on. We fight to win."
Navitus Bay said the alternative option would be further away from the
shore.
Project director Mike Unsworth said the Planning Inspectorate had
asked Navitus Bay if it was likely to submit a proposal with fewer
turbines.
"In response," he said, "we have submitted plans for a smaller scheme
with fewer wind turbines, with a capacity of 630MW.
"In this proposal, the nearest turbines to shore would be further away
than in the original plan."
Plans were submitted for a 970MW scheme in April.
Mr Lloyd said the original scheme should be withdrawn so that the
Planning Inspectorate "can assess the impact of plan B", as it is in a
different area of the sea.
Bournemouth Borough Council, Purbeck District Council and
Christchurch Borough Council also oppose the plans, along with the
National Trust.
Several Conservative MPs in Dorset have also spoken out against the
wind farm, while Unesco has said it could affect the Jurassic Coast's
World Heritage status.
Labour's Simon Bowkett, standing for South Dorset at next year's
general election, welcomed the plans, and Liberal Democrat MP for
Mid Dorset and North Poole Annette Brook said she was in favour of
wind farms "in principle".
The Planning Inspectorate is expected to complete its examination of
the proposals in March 2015 before a decision is made by the
Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change next September.

Bournemouth West MP visits Talbot Heath

Sainsburys
On 13 November, Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns paid a visit to
the Sainsburys in Talbot Heath to shadow shop staff and hear more
about the retailers 20x20 Sustainability Plan for its staff.
Conor was able to experience life on the shop floor, helping staff
behind the food counter to prepare Christmas-themed pizzas. While
there, he heard from Sainsburys staff about the investment being
made in their skills and training.
As part of its 20x20 Sustainability Plan, Sainsburys aims for half of its
staff to receive externally-accredited training by 2020. To date, over
22,000 members of staff working on the meat, fish, bakery and hot
food counters have attended training at one of seven colleges which
have been independently accredited by City & Guilds.
In recognition of Sainsburys investment in its staff, it is also the first
ever food retailer to receive a gold accreditation from Investors in
People.
Commenting, Conor Burns said: Joining Sainsburys staff on the other
side of the counter was a very interesting experience, and decorating
Christmas-themed pizzas was great fun. However, the visit had a
serious point, which was to show the effort that Sainsburys is going to
in order to invest in its staff. The aim to have half their staff externally
accredited by 2020 is laudable, and will help those people to secure
the skills they need to keep providing for themselves and their families
long into the future.

Conor in the media:

Butlins boss: Cutting VAT for tourism a nobrainer

G Demianyk, Western Morning News
Monday 10th November 2014
The boss of the iconic Butlins
holiday camps has said the
Government would have no
brain if it refused to cut VAT for tourism.
Dermot King, managing director of the chain, told MPs that reducing
the sales tax from 20% to 5% for accommodation and attractions even
has support of Treasury advisers.
The industry-led Cut Tourism VAT campaign says the move would
generate 120,000 jobs within a decade and boost the economy to the
tune of 4 billion a year.
EU laws allow VAT to be reduced for a small number of sectors, and
large and small holiday businesses say they are at a disadvantage to
rivals in 24 European member states where the levy has been slashed.
Mr King told MPs on the Culture, Media and Sport select committee,
that Treasury adviser, Professor Adam Blake, has told the campaign a
tourism VAT cut would boost the economy more than reducing
corporation tax by 1%. When Tory MP Conor Burns said it would be
reckless, perverse and bizarre for Chancellor George Osborne to
dismiss the recommendation, Mr King responded: The way I
expressed it before is, it is such a no-brainer you would need to have
no brain not to implement it.
Ministers have dismissed the idea on the basis it would see its tax
take fall, and that other industries would demand similar treatment.
But Cut Tourism VAT argues the boost in spending would far outstrip
the initial cost to the Exchequer and some of the poorest seaside
resorts would stand to benefit the most.
In a report it published in 2012, it quoted Professor Blake saying that
using the Treasurys own modelling a tourism tax cut was one of the
most efficient, if not the most efficient, means of generating GDP gains
at low cost to the Exchequer that I have been seen.
Mr King dismissed the 1950s Hi De Hi image, and pointed to the 16
million 21st-century chalet accommodation at Minehead which is
probably the biggest investment in tourism in the South West at the
moment.
John Dunford, chief executive of parent company Bourne Leisure, who
was also giving evidence, said the local food served at its Devon Cliffs
Holiday Park in Exmouth also spoke of how the sector was changing
for the better.
But while Butlins camps are boast occupancy rates of 85%, and
approaching 100% during the school holidays, MPs heard prospects
for the sector could be much better as some seaside towns felt rundown.
Mr King said: The seaside offer particularly has suffered from lack of
private investment and that is because the environment to create the
return that investors would need has not existed. It has not existed for
a lot of the reasons. The biggest single one, in my view, is VAT but it is
not the only issue.
He added there was frustration that tourism does not appear high
enough up the Governments agenda for an industry that employs one
in 10 of the workforce.
He said I suppose I am suggesting tourism should come out of
Department for Culture Media and Sport. In other countries, it has its
own portfolio and tourism to the UK is pretty important."

Conor in the media:

Plans for 3bn Navitus Bay wind farm off

Jurassic Coast in doubt
Emily Gosden, The Telegraph
Monday 17th November 2014
A giant offshore wind farm
planned for the English Channel
is likely to be radically scaled
back and could be scrapped altogether amid fierce local opposition
and restrictions on subsidies.
The 3bn Navitus Bay project, which is currently being assessed by
the planning inspectorate, would involve up to 194 turbines and has
been highly controversial because it would be visible from the Jurassic
coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site, as well as the Isle of Wight and
Bournemouth.
The projects developers, EDF Energy and Eneco, have now quietly
submitted plans for a smaller wind farm that would involve a maximum
of 105 turbines and be further from the shore.
The new plan was drawn up in response to a request from planning
inspectors, implying they have concerns about the visual impact of the
initial plan.
It is now expected to be considered alongside the original application,
with a decision on both resting with the energy secretary next autumn.
The original application for Navitus Bay would have placed the
turbines - which are between 580 and 656 feet tall - less than 9 miles
from shore at the closest point, by Durlston Head. The revised
proposal would be almost 12 miles from shore.
However, critics of the project, including Conor Burns, MP for
Bournemouth West, have already said they remain opposed to even
the scaled-back option.
The Telegraph understands that EDF is keeping the project under
review and is unlikely to proceed if it believes doing so would taint its
reputation.
The French nuclear energy giant is best known in the UK as one of
the Big Six household suppliers and as developer of Britains first new
nuclear plant in a generation at Hinkley Point in Somerset.
While Hinkley Point has attracted national criticism over its costs, EDF
believes the project has secured widespread public acceptance in
Somerset in a way Navitus Bay is yet to in Dorset.
Mr Burns said he and the leader of Bournemouth council met Vincent
de Rivaz, EDF Energy chief executive, recently and told him: We are
going to fight this every step of the way.
My sense is he was taken aback at the strength of feeling expressed
to him, Mr Burns said.
Mr Burns said the developers engagement with local communities
had been disastrous and he was absolutely not happy with the
revised proposal because of concerns about its impact on the Jurassic
coastlines UNESCO status and tourism to the area.
One wind industry source with links to the project said they believed
that while Mr de Rivaz was willing to stake his reputation on fighting
for a nuclear plant, he would not fight for a wind farm.
Even if EDF gains planning consent and decides it wants to proceed,
the project is further in doubt because of Government restrictions on
funding for renewable energy.
Offshore wind farms rely on consumer-funded subsidies and industry
experts say Navitus Bay would face tough competition to secure a
subsidy contract.
Only a limited pot of funding will be allocated by the Department of
Energy and Climate Change each year. This years budget allocation
process can fund just one offshore wind farm despite five expected
to seek subsidies.
Navitus Bay is thought to be among three offshore wind projects that
would be hoping to compete for subsidies for the first time next year if
DECC releases more funding, potentially in addition to some of those
that failed to secure funding this year.
DECC it is yet to confirm how much budget, if any, will be awarded.
Gareth Miller of consultancy Cornwall Energy, said: Based on the
expected cautious approach to budget release by DECC it is realistic
to assume that the 2015 auction for less-established technologies
[such as offshore wind] will still be highly competitive through oversupply.
Therefore I am afraid that there are likely to still be disappointed
parties in 2015 just as there are now bound to be in 2014.
Mike Unsworth, project director for Navitus Bay, said it remained fully
committed to the original proposal.
Ultimately the Secretary of State will consider which option strikes the
right balance between benefits and impacts. However, Navitus Bay
continues to have confidence in its original planning application, and
believes it strikes the right balance and proposes sufficient measures
to address any potential impacts.

Three ways to contact Conor Burns MP:

By Phone: 020 7219 7021
By email: conor.burns.mp@parliament.uk
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