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HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsYes, indeed. We will be looking at exactly this through the regulated asset base approach. The Wylfa site is at the moment still owned by Hitachi. There are still opportunities to…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsThe noble Lord is quite right: each of our ambitions in these areas has a finite lifespan, and it is important to make sure that, each time we replace them with the next…14 Jan 2020HANSARDEuropean Union (Withdrawal Agreement) BillTo be clear, the information I have from my officials is that this will be done by the affirmative procedure. It is important to stress that point. Further, returning to the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsMy Lords, a substantial increase in low-carbon generation will be needed to reduce our emissions to net zero by 2050. Nuclear power currently provides a fifth of our generation…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsThe simple answer to that question is yes, but more details are required. The first thing to remember is that by 2030 all but one nuclear power station will be closed. The noble…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsWe must expedite these developments. The nuclear sector deal which the Government have invested in is worth £200 million. Its purpose is to reduce significantly the costs of the…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsMy noble friend is, of course, absolutely correct. If we get to the stage where Hinkley comes online according to its timetable in 2025, it will in due course supply 7% of our…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsThe noble Lord has raised these points before; he was right then and is right now. Storage is absolutely vital in this area. Without it, we run the risk not just in nuclear but in…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsThere will also be a strategy next year examining gas in the domestic heating system. There are options available to us and decisions will be required. Shall it be…14 Jan 2020HANSARDNuclear Power: EmissionsAs part of my responsibilities as Climate Change Minister, we have engaged with a number of countries to examine what prospects we have to ensure the development of the small…14 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingThe noble Baroness raises an important point. Let me stress at the beginning that we need to decarbonise, and moving from coal to the lighter hydrocarbons is one way of doing so.…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingYes, nuclear must be part of our wider energy mix. It is a zero-carbon approach and we will continue to invest not just in the plants we have seen so far but in different…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingCuadrilla has removed all its fracking equipment from the Preston New Road site and no work whatever is anticipated to continue there. The noble Lord will be aware that drilling…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingThere is a long and short answer to that. I shall try to give the short one. We would need a geo-mechanical survey of the specific basins concerned and the Oil and Gas Authority…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingLove it—we should be doing a lot more of it.09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingI would not like to inquire too far into the mystical workings of the Scottish Government. As the noble Lord will be aware, the situation is clear: they have declared it to be a…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingIt is a question that I cannot answer, because at present there are no fracking sites in the United Kingdom that are in any way functional. The question of how we invest in local…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingMy Lords, the Government have no plans to turn the moratorium on shale gas extraction into a ban. The Government have always been clear that we will be led by science, will…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingTo answer the first part of my noble friend’s question, waste will become an important generator of electricity and we need to recognise its value. We need to consider how…09 Jan 2020HANSARDFrackingThe answer to that question is yes. Many years ago when I was a geologist I found myself digging out fossil insects in central Colorado. That was designated a strategic naval…09 Jan 2020