To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many meetings of his Department’s Energy and Climate Security Panel have been held since its inception; which expert seminars have been organised to date on the advice of the panel; and what the URL for the panel’s website is. (183861)

The Energy and Climate Security Panel held its inaugural dinner in September 2007.

We will be holding the first expert seminar on ‘What are the key risks in the global gas and oil markets to 2030’ in February 2008. A further expert seminar on ‘Renewable Energy Strategy’ is planned for late spring 2008.

Background information on the Panel and its members can be found on our website at:

http://www.berrr.gov.uk/energy/policy-strategy/advisory-panel/page41232.html

Notes of panel and seminar meetings will also be posted on this website.