Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Chloe Smith and James Cartlidge

Tuesday 7th February 2023 Commons Chamber

[James Cartlidge]

I say it again but, if anyone is a champion of the nuclear sector, it is my hon. Friend, who has consistently championed it. She is right that renewables are crucial but that we need baseload energy. Surely, on both sides of the House, if we have learned anything from the past 12 months and what has happened following Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, it is that we need policy not only on renewables but on overall energy security, to which nuclear is crucial.

[Chloe Smith (Norwich North) (Con)]

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