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HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe SNP’s is an anti-jobs, anti-investment and anti-clean energy position, and SNP Members should be ashamed of themselves.10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Lady raises a really important point about the level of standing order charges, and this is something that Ofgem has consulted on. The complexity is that if we…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe hon. Gentleman raises a really important point. Minimum half-hourly charges will also help customers to use smart solutions and make savings, and all the evidence collected…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. That sounds really good.10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat also sounds really good, and it sounds like a really important initiative. The idea of AI growth zones, which have been promoted by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of…10 Jun 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI absolutely meet North sea workers and companies. What we need to do for them is build the clean energy future so that they can transition. That is about carbon capture and…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI feel a bit sorry for the hon. Gentleman; it is hard on a day like this to be an Opposition Member. Nevertheless, I will try to answer his questions, such as they are. On the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentTo reassure you, Mr Speaker, you look much younger than the Calder Hall nuclear power station.10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentMy hon. Friend speaks very well on this subject. I agree with him about the huge jobs potential from new nuclear and the timelines. My priority when we came into office was to get…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI thank the hon. Lady for her contribution. I feel bad about mentioning this, but she has slightly airbrushed out the role of the current leader of the Liberal Democrats, who was…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentAbsolutely right—there will be no decommissioning of you, Mr Speaker. I congratulate my hon. Friend on showing incredible leadership for his constituents on this issue. It has…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentYes, we do. Again, we are open to discussions with the hon. Lady and other colleagues.10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI thank the hon. Member for part of what he said, if not most of it. We have a fundamental disagreement. Solar and wind offer cheap power for our country—why would we possibly say…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI thank my hon. Friend for her advocacy. When I was in discussions with the Chancellor, I did think that if this did not go ahead I would have to answer to my hon. Friend and to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentOn the latter point, yes, I can assure the right hon. Gentleman of that. He asks a typically astute question, if I may say so. The truth about these technologies, I think, is that…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI thank my right hon. Friend for her incredible advocacy on this issue, including at the AMRC. She makes such an important point: this will be taxpayers’ money, and we need to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentMaybe a change in the SNP’s position is coming. Absolutely, if the hon. Lady wants, let us have a discussion about Scottish nuclear power stations. We are in favour of the Acorn…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. To get slightly into the weeds, the new planning framework that we are consulting on opens up possibilities for new nuclear. Today we have set…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentGood nuclear sites, including Bradwell, are always going to be possibilities as far as I am concerned. We are not going to have China building our nuclear power stations, but if…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI am glad that my hon. Friend has asked that question. Wylfa is an incredibly important site that has huge potential for our country. Obviously, over the months ahead Great…10 Jun 2025