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HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentWe are operating under the previous Government’s planning guidance when it comes to the best agricultural land. On the hon. Lady’s wider point, we need all the clean energy…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentThe right hon. Gentleman asks perfectly legitimate questions. I am glad to say that decommissioning is in at the beginning of the financing model, as part of the overall costs. We…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentMy hon. Friend makes an important point: across the lifecycle of nuclear and across the supply chain, there are important economic opportunities. The importance of realising that…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentThe hon. Gentleman puts it incredibly well. That was certainly my impression when I went to Hinkley Point C, when I saw the impact that it has on the local economy. We want to do…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentThe hon. Gentleman asks good questions. On the first, GB Energy Nuclear is a development of Great British Nuclear, which is based in Warrington. On deployment, I am aware of the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentMy hon. Friend characteristically puts it incredibly well. The nuclear industry offers us a model of good employee relations, and there is a good, strong role for trade unions in…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI am glad that my hon. Friend asks that question and talks about his heritage and family history. That reflects something real. The nuclear industry has a great tradition in this…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI congratulate my hon. Friend on his two-hatted advocacy on these issues. He makes an important point. The potential of the new prototype fusion plant is huge, as is the wider…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentIt is really important that there is a four-nations approach to the supply chain contracts; that is something I am very keen to ensure. There will be thousands of contracts in the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDNuclear Power: InvestmentI congratulate my hon. Friend on that question and on the new centre, which is incredibly appropriately named. We should celebrate our history on these issues, and the way to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerHappy birthday, Mr Speaker. You look younger every year, if I may say so. Last week, we launched the new future homes standard, which will ensure that the vast majority of new…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerI congratulate the pupils of Brigstock Latham’s primary school on their incredible spirit. Young people right across the country care about these issues. Also, they are pointing…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerMy hon. Friend raises some important points. The first is on grid connections. With the grid reforms that we are doing, we are going to end this zombie queue where projects are…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerI congratulate my hon. Friend on having hit the jackpot with the NHS benefiting from what Great British Energy is doing. He makes such an important point here, which is that the…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerMy hon. Friend makes a really important point, and this is something that we are working on. There is huge potential in working with energy companies, with social housing…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerI love my hon. Friend’s idea; it is such a good one. Local sports clubs and lots of other community organisations can benefit from that project. I will suggest the idea to Great…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerThere are a few questions in there, and I will try to answer them as briefly as I can. Even for the biggest solar ambitions, less than 1% of land would be covered. The right hon.…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerI congratulate the hon. Lady on having taken that step. She makes an important point: lots of people want to do this, but there is an up-front cost barrier. One thing that my…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerI thank the hon. Gentleman for his excellent question. I 100% agree with him about the role of community energy providers. I hope that he can persuade his Front Benchers to…10 Jun 2025HANSARDRooftop Solar PowerLet me first wish the hon. Member luck on her leadership bid. Anyone who wants to be a leader of a political party should take the idea under advisement, in my experience. I see…10 Jun 2025