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    Minister praises plan to heat swimming pool from fires of crematorium

    A money-saving plan to heat a swimming pool with energy from the cremation of dead bodies has been backed by a senior Government minister.

    Sir George Young, leader of the House of Commons, said the proposal to warm a Worcestershire leisure centre with heat from a nearby crematorium was a “groundbreaking scheme”.

    He said the Government is considering whether the plan could be duplicated elsewhere in Britain.

    “The Government is aware of this particular scheme,” he said. “The Department for Energy and Climate Change will shortly be publishing its heat strategy and this will explore the potential for better recovery and reuse of wasted heat in schemes such as this one.”

    He added that he would “die a happier man” if he knew heat from his cremation was warming the waters of a local pool.