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Part of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:00 pm on 8 February 2017.

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Photo of Helen Goodman Helen Goodman Labour, Bishop Auckland 5:00, 8 February 2017

The hon. Gentleman is making a very good point now. In fact, it is exactly the point that I would have made had I been called. He is absolutely right. Does he agree that, if we leave the single energy market and lose the interconnectors, we will need higher baseload capacity, which will cost more, and electricity prices will shoot up?