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Earl of Courtown Excerpts

Tuesday 28th October 2025 Lords Chamber

[The Earl of Courtown (Con)]

My Lords, in his answers the Minister has mentioned many different forms of energy that make up the sector in this country. Can he tell the House how many jobs have so far been created by Great British Energy?

[Lord Wilson of Sedgefield (Lab)]

As we know, Great British Energy has been set up in recent months. We have a great approach on the strategy for creating jobs. We are going to see jobs in solar, wind farms and nuclear, and we are making predictions that there will be thousands of jobs in the pipeline. As I said on a previous occasion on nuclear, for example, we are establishing the foundations for a golden age of nuclear energy that will generate a lot of power and jobs, and that is something to be optimistic about.