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1700417

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date	12/04/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Nuclear Power: Taxation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to include nuclear (a) power generation and (b) fuel manufacture as sustainable activities within the UK Green Taxonomy.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	21304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government has stated its intention to include nuclear in the UK Green Taxonomy, subject to consultation. This will incentivise private investment in this important technology alongside renewables and other sectors that are key to reaching our Net Zero goal. The Government expects to publish the consultation on the UK Green Taxonomy shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hitchin and Harpenden answering member printed Bim Afolami question first answered 22/04/2024 13:14:44 answering member 4639 label Biography information for Bim Afolami
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1700538

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date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to page 75 of her Department’s consultation entitled Review of Electricity Market Arrangements: second consultation, published on 12 March 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact on the power system if there was no role for unabated gas in 2035.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	21425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>We will need unabated gas in 2035 to play a small but important role when the wind does not blow or the sun does not shine. Our published Net Zero scenarios envisage a small but important role for unabated gas in 2035. Without a role for unabated gas, we would likely run an increased risk of blackouts.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 23/04/2024 08:52:47 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling