Energy Security Strategy

David Morris Excerpts
Tuesday 19th April 2022

(2 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait Kwasi Kwarteng
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There has been an issue with the wholesale gas price, which has gone up about 10 times during that period. It seems entirely reasonable, if we have gas underneath our feet, to consider the possibility of using it.

David Morris Portrait David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con)
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Would my right hon. Friend like to come to Heysham and look at the two reactors that are working in my constituency? The whole community is behind the nuclear power industry, and it is our future, so I extend that invitation to my right hon. Friend.

Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait Kwasi Kwarteng
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I should be very happy to go with my hon. Friend to see the nuclear reactors. The future is decarbonised baseload power. That is what we need, and it is something with which my hon. Friend and I are 100% aligned.