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Lords vote to ensure energy sector has a greater concern for the future - Miller

12.00.00am GMT Tue 23rd Mar 2004

Wind turbine farm (windmills). (photography: Courtesy of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory at the United States of America's Department of Energy)

The Liberal Democrats have today defeated the Government with an amendment to the Energy Bill, which will secure a sustainable development duty on the gas and electricity regulator Ofgem.

Commenting, Baroness Sue Miller of Chilthorne Domer, Liberal Democrat environment and energy spokesperson, said:

"Liberal Democrats have ensured the energy market in future combines the financial and environmental interests of consumers by making OFGEM concerned with both price and sustainability."

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