Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a mix of energy supplies for the UK must include nuclear power.

As my rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out in his statement to the House on 17 January, we continue to believe that nuclear has an important role to play in the UK’s future energy mix, but it must represent good value for the taxpayer and consumer. Our internal analysis indicates that nuclear power can make a significant contribution to the UK’s energy future, and that decarbonisation of the power sector can be achieved cheaply, securely and reliably if nuclear can deliver good value for money. We will set out more detail on the Government’s approach to new nuclear as part of the planned Energy White Paper to be published in the summer