Oral Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
“What assessment he has made of the role of new nuclear in supporting a clean energy transition.”
Tabled: 9 July 2025Answered: 15 July 2025
Asked by
Adam Thompson
Labour — Erewash
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (Michael Shanks)
The clean power 2030 action plan makes it clear that nuclear will play an important role in our future energy system, providing low-carbon baseload power to the grid. We are delivering the biggest new nuclear building programme in a generation, having committed almost £17 billion at the recent spending review.