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HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillNo; I am going to have to finish. Members will know that the Scottish Government have a different position with regard to new nuclear projects. To be clear: this Bill will not…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillNo, I am going to make more progress. That saving equates to more than £10 a year for an average domestic dual-fuel bill throughout the life of a nuclear power station, which can…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillAs I have outlined, the Bill is about nuclear. Creating a more diverse potential finance base is exactly what it is about. It is not biased in favour of one technology vis-à-vis…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI will give way to the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Angus Brendan MacNeil) because I have not given way to him yet in this debate and I miss him from the International…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI will make progress. The RAB model could open up opportunities for British companies and our closest partners to develop new projects and technologies, including the Wylfa Newydd…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI will make a little more progress. RAB is a tried and tested method that has successfully financed other large UK infrastructure projects. The introduction of a special…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI am going to make a bit more progress. I have taken a lot of interventions, and the time for this debate has been a little curtailed. The Government are introducing this Bill at…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillThe Bill does not change the planning process, but it does change the investment case and the ability to bring in private sector investment, particularly institutional funds,…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI think my right hon. Friend is referring to small modular reactors, the technology behind which the Government have put their support. The ability to finance them will start to…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI visited my hon. Friend’s constituency with her two or three weeks ago—in fact, it was my first ministerial visit under my new portfolio—and I was impressed by the commitment to…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI have given away enough. Members will be reassured that a project starting construction in 2023 will add only a very small amount to the average dual-fuel household bill during…03 Nov 2021HANSARDEnergy Default Tariff Cap: Effective Competition DecisionThe Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Act 2018 enables the default tariff (price cap) on standard variable and default energy tariffs to be extended on an annual basis up…29 Oct 2021HANSARDFuel Supply: Fees for Military DriversThe Secretary of State will be using powers under the Energy Act 2013 to increase the hourly rate for use of military drivers paid by hauliers in an ESCALIN deployment. In…27 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021Our position on the sixth carbon budget is unchanged, as the hon. Gentleman knows. However, I am a believer in an active Government, and publishing a set of strategies does not…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021The Barnett consequentials will of course be enacted in the usual way as we would expect, but why not join with a scheme that has been very well received, that I think will be a…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021That is a slightly open-ended question, as the hon. Gentleman knows our commitment is to the existing Hinkley Point C facility. We are committed to bringing forward one further…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021If the hon. Gentleman has some hot news from the Scottish Government, over to him.21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021I will not go further down the road of making price or market predictions. What the Government need to be in the business of doing is kick-starting the market, stimulating the…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point. I will come on to the point about installation. He also makes a very good point about insulation and the importance of well-insulated…21 Oct 2021HANSARDClimate Change Committee Progress Report 2021Again, that is a temptation down a particular road, but let me say this. The Government are absolutely clear that all further airport expansions must be consistent with our…21 Oct 2021