Low-carbon Heat Networks
Baroness Curran Excerpts(1 week, 1 day ago)
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Baroness Curran
To ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to support the rollout of low carbon heat networks.
Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe (Lab)
My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lady Curran, and with her permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in her name on the Order Paper.
Scotland: New Nuclear Power Generation
Baroness Curran Excerpts(1 year, 1 month ago)
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Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)
My Lords, I do not think it is the case that we should reopen the devolution settlement, and the noble Lord would not really expect me from the Dispatch Box to say that we should. I think it is clear that, overall, new nuclear has a huge role to play, in the baseload that it can provide and in clean power. The move towards the final investment decision on Sizewell, progress on Hinkley Point C, the SMR programme and the potential of advanced modular reactors will give us a hugely important foundation for clean power for Great Britain as a whole.
Baroness Curran (Lab)
My Lords, I speak as a former planning Minister in the Scottish Government. Does the Minister agree that the best way to address this case is not more conflict with the Scottish Government but promoting the argument for nuclear power in a positive way—and, perhaps, working hard so that Anas Sarwar becomes First Minister of Scotland and we can resolve this problem?
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab)
My Lords, those are very wise words from my noble friend.