Rebecca Pow
Main Page: Rebecca Pow (Conservative - Taunton Deane)(8 years, 7 months ago)
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Rebecca Pow (Taunton Deane) (Con)
First, I would like to congratulate the Secretary of State on her masterly speech yesterday.
Does the Minister agree that we need a mix of energy, including nuclear, which I am pleased to say we have in my area of Somerset, as well as solar and wind? It has to be a balance, it has to be at the best cost and it has to be about innovation, which will, in itself, create the sorts of jobs in the energy sector that Opposition Members are worried we are losing.
Andrea Leadsom
My hon. Friend is exactly right. We need an energy mix, which is exactly what we are achieving and what my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out in her speech yesterday. I was delighted to visit Hinkley Point last week and see the enormous pride and excitement in the area about the prospective jobs and work in the supply chain and the huge investment in the area. It is really good news for the UK and our energy security.