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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential benefits for energy security of implementing an accelerated transition to UK-grown renewable and nuclear power sources.

The British Energy Security Strategy, published in April, builds on the 10 Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution and sets out our ambitions for deployment of low-carbon energy, including nuclear and renewables.

Nuclear is a generator of continuous power which provides stability to the grid, providing a solid foundation for power generation on which renewable technologies can build. The Government has an ambition to deploy up to 24GW of nuclear by 2050. The Government has also announced an increased ambition for offshore wind, to deploy up to 50GW by 2030. More renewables and nuclear will ensure the UK is less reliant on foreign imports of oil and gas.