Part of Portfolio Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament at 2:00 pm on 21 November 2024.
Earlier this year, EDF Energy reported that, in the worst case scenario, Hinkley Point C could cost £47.9 billion to complete, compared to the 2016 estimate of £18 billion. Does the cabinet secretary agree, given that the public finances are so constricted by the Tories’ £22 billion black hole legacy, that we would be better placed to focus on Scotland’s natural abundance in the form of renewable power development, which is cheap and quicker to build?