Electricity Transmission (North Somerset)

Baroness Primarolo Excerpts

Thursday 22nd March 2012 Commons Chamber

[Tessa Munt]

It is very kind of the Minister to give way. I am on record as being a little more resistant to nuclear power, mainly because of my concerns about the waste. I think that a number of community benefits could be put in place by companies such as EDF. They would be of much more significance to the community. Undergrounding or putting cables under the sea might be examples of that. I accept completely that I am not going to be able to stop Hinkley all on my own, but that is my point.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)]

Order. The hon. Lady has gone very wide of the issue of electricity transmission into its generation. Perhaps the Minister could respond on the transmission question only.