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Nuclear Industry

My hon. Friend touches on an incredibly important point. First, good luck with keeping the lights on in Scotland, if our party should lose control there after the elections. The issue is real and pressing. How do we achieve consensus? I do not know. For too long the nuclear debate and the need for new nuclear has been characterised by wilful misinformation from certain ideologues and people who want an end to the industry per se, irresponsible and destructive as that would be. My hon. Friend’s point supports the one that I want to make. Is the criterion in the report a satisfactory or credible one on which the Government should proceed with a new nuclear policy, given the difficulty in establishing such a consensus? I do not think so. Secondly, the report specifies:"““A carbon-pricing framework that provides long-term incentives for investment in all low carbon technologies?."