Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Taylor and Adam Thompson

Tuesday 15th July 2025 Commons Chamber

[David Taylor (Hemel Hempstead) (Lab)]

7. What assessment he has made of the role of new nuclear in supporting a clean energy transition.

[Adam Thompson (Erewash) (Lab)]

24. What assessment he has made of the role of new nuclear in supporting a clean energy transition.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Michael Shanks)]

The clean power 2030 action plan makes it clear that nuclear will play an important role in our future energy system, providing low-carbon baseload power to the grid. We are delivering the biggest new nuclear building programme in a generation, having committed almost £17 billion at the recent spending review.