Drax Wood Pellets Debate
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Lord West of Spithead
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(2 years, 11 months ago)
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Lord Callanan (Con)
I am afraid the noble Baroness will have to write to me with details of which scheme she is referring to.
Lord West of Spithead (Lab)
My Lords, does the Minister think there might be merit in closing Drax and building a new nuclear power station?
Lord Callanan (Con)
There will certainly be merit in producing new nuclear power stations. I share the noble Lord’s enthusiasm for nuclear power. It was a shame that the Labour Government of which he was a part stopped building nuclear power stations; that was a retrograde step. We are committed to future nuclear, but we can do that alongside sustainable biofuels.