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HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Okay. That is all my questions, thank you.16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q Chris, I want to pick up on something that you said earlier. You talked about needing—my words, not yours—every tool in the tool box, or every weapon in the armoury, to get to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q I have a simple, open question for all three of you. You all run trade associations, effectively, and you will have gone through the Bill in detail and looked at what you like…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q Tom Thackeray, are there any gaps or things you would want changed? Tom Thackeray : From the CBI’s perspective, we do not have any significant concerns around what is included…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q You do not think it needs to be in primary legislation. It is better to be secondary legislation. Tom Thackeray: Yes, from our members’ perspectives, they are comfortable with…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q Rebecca, does the Energy Industries Council have any particular concerns? Are there any gaps in the legislation? Are there any things that are not there that you would like to…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q That is reassuring to hear from the three trade associations. I have one other question. This is obviously about the nuclear industry, but there are other forms of energy out…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q My last question is one that we touched on in a previous evidence session, which you probably did not hear. In the 1950s and 1960s the UK led the world on nuclear power. Then we…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q Rebecca, do you think this is enough to get the UK back on the front foot in nuclear power, or do you think other things are needed? Rebecca Groundwater: This model provides…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q Tom Thackeray, from the CBI’s point of view, is this what is needed to get the nuclear industry going again, or are there other parts of the jigsaw that we need to put in place?…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Those are all my questions. Thank you.16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q The Government are obviously doing a lot of other things; most obviously, there is wind power, which has increased dramatically and now produces far more electricity than…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)Q When wind power was in its early days—I used to be environment editor of The Observer, 20 years ago—obviously, the environment movement was very pro-wind power. It never worried…16 Nov 2021HANSARDNuclear Energy (Financing) Bill (Second sitting)You are based in Paris and 70% of France’s electricity comes from nuclear. France has consistently lower carbon dioxide emissions per capita than the UK. Presumably you agree that…16 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillIt is an honour to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton West (Chris Green). I speak wearing my hat as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the environment, and…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillThe hon. Lady is making a strong case against nuclear power. Is she aware that it was her own party leader who signed off the Hinkley Point C deal?03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI absolutely agree. As I said, we have had nuclear for 70 years and we know that it works. The point I was about to come to, which my hon. Friend touched on earlier, is that the…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for raising that point, which I was going to come to. Clearly nuclear has to be cost-effective throughout the whole lifecycle, and there is a burden of…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Budget ResolutionsThe hon. Lady agreed with the point made by the right hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey) on bank taxation. Does she agree that 28 is higher than 27? The corporation…27 Oct 2021HANSARDFirst-time Home BuyersGreater Cambridgeshire, the city and South Cambridgeshire combined, is planning to build 49,000 new houses and flats over the next 20 years, which is as many as already exist in…25 Oct 2021