Christopher Pincher
Main Page: Christopher Pincher (Independent - Tamworth)(13 years, 1 month ago)
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Mr Speaker
It is always a great pleasure to listen to the Secretary of State, but may I gently remind him of the merits of the abridged rather than the “War and Peace” version?
Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con)
Although it is interesting to listen to the hon. Member for Newport West (Paul Flynn) describe the tsunami as a “scandal”, will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State confirm three points? First—this bears repetition—we do not sit atop a seismic fault; secondly, we do not stack five nuclear reactors in a row; and thirdly, we use a different cooling mechanism. Those are three reasons why, although we should not be complacent about our nuclear energy strategy, we should be confident that we have one of the best records in the world.
Chris Huhne
Bearing in mind your injunction, Mr Speaker, I can confirm all those points.