Fusion Energy

Part of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy – in the House of Commons at 11:33 am on 7 June 2022.

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Photo of Siobhan Baillie Siobhan Baillie Conservative, Stroud 11:33, 7 June 2022

I have written to the Secretary of State recently about our Severn Edge fusion bid in Berkeley and Oldbury, because we provide the ideal location for the spherical tokamak for energy production fusion programme. We can deliver the project and we have cross-party support spanning the south-west and Wales. I believe this is a good opportunity for Government to prove that we are not just levelling up the north. Does my hon. Friend agree that the decision on where to locate the STEP prototype is crucial to the UK’s fusion ambitions, and will he say a little bit more about the timetable he is working to?

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