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Proceeding contribution from David Hamilton (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 16 December 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Electricity Market Reform.


Electricity Market Reform

I hope the Minister can find a way of sitting down now and again. In terms of nuclear energy, we are talking about a subsidy by another name, and that is a major change in policy. I have real concerns—as will a number of other MPs when they come back in the new year—about supporting nuclear energy in the long term, when we have always argued that it should not be subsidised. What is in this for coal? Coal has played a major part in this country's economic security, so what part will it play in carbon capture in the future? What projects will be going ahead and when?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
520 c1070 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Consumers Construction Electricity generation Energy supply Security Reform Renewable energy Regional electricity companies Carbon emissions Fossil fuelled power stations
Link
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