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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 11:40 am on 8 September 2022.

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Photo of Elizabeth Truss Elizabeth Truss The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 11:40, 8 September 2022

I will make a bit more progress and then I will give way.

We will end the moratorium on extracting our huge reserves of shale, which could get gas flowing as soon as six months from now where there is local support for it. We will launch Great British Nuclear later this month, putting us on a path to deliver up to a quarter of our electricity generation with nuclear by 2050.