Wind Power: Seas and Oceans — Written Question

Question

Pippa Heylings

Liberal Democrat — South Cambridgeshire

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Crown Estate on the steps it is taking to manage its assets in the public interest alongside profit maximisation when it is auctioning off plots of seabed to offshore wind devel

Answer

James Murray

The Crown Estate is an independent commercial business established by Parliament and returns its net profits to the Consolidated Fund. It has a statutory duty to secure best consideration while exercising good management. HM Treasury Ministers and officia...

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