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Proceeding contribution from Paul Flynn (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 June 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Wales Bill.

Absolutely. It is the untapped resource. I know that there are objections to various other forms of power. Another question that comes in here is about nuclear power. The scheme in the Bill will not allow Wales any control over Hinkley Point, which is very close to us in Wales; although it is almost certainly doomed now. The future scheme at Wylfa would be outside the limit. Small modular schemes mostly start at about 300 MW, but go up to about 700 MW, so if people wanted to go down the road of nuclear power, they would be outside the scope set in the Bill. We should allow the visionaries of the Welsh Assembly to go ahead and develop power. We have an enormous resource. We could be a vast power station for ourselves and for the whole United Kingdom.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

611 c1674 

Session

2016-17

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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