Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) reliability of financial backers for the proposed new nuclear power station at Moorside in Cumbria; and if he will make a statement.
The Government regularly engages with new build developers and has met counterparts overseas on a range of issues relevant to delivering new nuclear projects, including financing. These discussions are commercially sensitive.