I welcome the Bill, which at last gives us the possibility of unleashing nuclear power at scale in the UK. The Secretary of State will have seen the recent EU figures showing that every EU industrial country except France has higher carbon emissions per head than the UK. Yet Germany, which has 20% more carbon emissions per head than
the UK, has recently embarked on a project to build 20 unabated coal power stations. How does he reconcile Germany’s position with ours?