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Debate between Trudy Harrison and Andrew Stephenson
Tuesday 16th July 2019

(5 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Trudy Harrison Portrait Trudy Harrison (Copeland) (Con)
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T10. Does the Secretary of State agree that nuclear energy must be part of the decarbonisation of this country? Could he update the House on progress made with the regulated asset base financial model and the energy White Paper?

Andrew Stephenson Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Andrew Stephenson)
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I agree with my hon. Friend that nuclear power has a key role to play in delivering the net zero target and acknowledge the unrivalled nuclear expertise in Copeland, which I was delighted to see on my recent visit to her constituency. We intend to publish our assessment of the feasibility of the RAB model for funding new nuclear shortly.

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