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The noble Viscount, Lord Trenchard, observes that, whereas Clause 4 of the Bill enables the Secretary of State to provide financial assistance to clean energy projects—which has been quantified at £8.3 billion over the course of this Parliament—there is no indication of the share that might be devoted to nuclear power. However, nuclear must form the backbone of our energy system and, in order to develop the supply chain and to assemble the skilled workforce, we need to get started now.