Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using green bonds to finance the Government’s stake in the Sizewell C project.

The UK Government Green Financing Framework, which sets out the parameters for the UK’s green gilts and retail Green Savings Bonds, currently excludes funding of nuclear energy projects. Any potential future changes to the Framework in the future to include nuclear energy would be transparently published by the Government.