Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made a recent assessment of the efficacy of nuclear energy.

There is no credible pathway to net zero nor energy security without nuclear power. Nuclear complements intermittent technologies like wind and solar and reduce the risks created by the uncertainties of energy storage technologies. The Government’s Civil Nuclear Roadmap, published yesterday, sets out the case for nuclear and presents the Government’s long-term civil nuclear strategy to help deliver our ambition for up to 24GW of nuclear power by 2050.