Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with his Chinese (a) counterpart and (b) representatives of the State Nuclear Power Technology Corporation on the proposed new nuclear power station at Moorside in Cumbria; and if he will make a statement.

In December, Toshiba selected South Korean KEPCO as the preferred bidder for NuGen, the developer of the Moorside project. Throughout the sale process, we have engaged with the relevant parties to discuss the implications of any potential change in ownership of the company, and continue to do so. The details of these discussions are commercially sensitive.