I have stated my Government’s view on nuclear energy. Regardless of what has been said in the EU, lots of EU member states are ceasing to use nuclear energy and want to phase it out. I give the example of Germany. I also point Stephen Kerr to the words of some academics from across the United Kingdom, France and Japan—Professor Steve Thomas, Dr Paul Dorfman, Professor MV Ramana and Professor Amory Lovins—who said in a statement that,

“After more than 60 years of commercial history, nuclear is getting further from, not nearer to, being able to survive without massive public subsidies.”

They also said that, constructing new plants takes considerably longer than renewable equivalents, according to the UK Government’s regulated asset-based model. Scotland is rich in renewable resources that will be able to be deployed far more quickly than any new nuclear plants.