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HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATI am not giving way. There is £1.7 billion of funding to support our objective of approving at least one new large nuclear power project by 2024, as well as the new £120 future…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEnergy Transition ProjectsThe hon. Gentleman will not be surprised to hear that I disagree with him on the independence referendum, but we engage regularly with the Scottish cluster and Acorn, and I met…11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has done a great job representing his constituents. I know from when I visited his constituency in the aftermath of Storm Arwen how well he is appreciated. The RAC…11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am happy to meet my right hon. Friend and potentially the company, but let us be absolutely clear: the issue with gas is not supply or storage, but price. Storing more expensive…11 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe always listen to Rutlanders and to my excellent hon. Friend who represents them. I very much agree that we want to bring communities with us when it comes to all renewables,…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEnergy Transition ProjectsI am not sure quite how to respond to that, but I remind the hon. Gentleman that there is a call for evidence on this and we are awaiting the responses to that call. Once again, I…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Nuclear PowerLet me pay tribute to those who worked at Hunterston nuclear power station in Scotland, which closed a few days ago. The operators have reported that since the station came online…11 Jan 2022HANSARDHousehold Energy Bills: VATI thank right hon. and hon. Members for their valuable contributions to this debate. I can fairly describe the main thrust of our debate as: wholesale gas price volatility has…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEnergy Transition ProjectsI am always pleased to take a question from the SNP Front Bench, although I notice that the hon. Gentleman did not say anything about nuclear, the North sea transition deal or the…11 Jan 2022HANSARDEnergy Transition ProjectsMay I start by welcoming the hon. Gentleman back to his place? The Government support the energy transition by harnessing the industry’s existing potential to exploit new and…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Nuclear PowerMy right hon. Friend has been a passionate defender of Scotland’s interests since he and I were first elected in 2005, and he is absolutely right. The SNP has a nonsensical policy…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Nuclear PowerI absolutely accept that invitation. There is no more passionate an advocate of new nuclear in this House than my hon. Friend. Nuclear is going to be a vital part of our future.…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Nuclear PowerI thank my right hon. Friend for that further question, and I totally agree with him on where the SNP is. On energy in general, SNP Members are not the friends of Scotland on…11 Jan 2022HANSARDNew Nuclear PowerI repeat my disappointment. Scotland has an amazing nuclear past and I would like it to have a very good nuclear future, but unfortunately the Scottish Government stand in the…11 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillFirst, may I minute my condolences on the death of Jack Dromey? I shared his 12 years here and he made an enviable contribution to the House. Particular condolences to the right…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI am not going to take an intervention. I will respond to the debate first. Whatever the intent of the hon. Member for Southampton, Test with amendments 1 and 2—this is the crux…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillNo, I will not. I will try to respond to the debate. Amendments 3 and 4, tabled by Labour, address how additional costs beyond the financing cap could be paid for. I agree that…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillNo, I am winding up now. For the reasons that I have set out, I cannot accept the amendments tabled and therefore ask right hon. and hon. Members not to press them. I hope that I…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillNo, I will not give way. My hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn (Virginia Crosbie), who described herself as one of the original atomic kittens—my hon. Friend the Member for…10 Jan 2022HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillWe think those processes are already in place, and it is right that this should be a commercial decision and negotiation, but with transparency. We think the balance in the…10 Jan 2022