Speeches by Young.

“Is that something you could look at and get back to us about?”

“Mike, could you clarify how the ONR approaches emergency planning and how requirements in site licensing interact with planning policy tools?”

“Currently the HSE carries out the semi-urban criterion tests, but if asked, will the ONR review the methodology?”

“Should the presence of a nuclear power station affect future housing development within its population density buffer? And how should the policy interact with housing targets and the Government’s planning reforms?”

“Julia, do you have anything to add?”

“Okay. Is it accurate to say that the SUPDC assessments by the Health and Safety Executive are slow and complex? We will start with Tom.”

“Do you think there still needs to be some measure of excluding it from built-up areas though, given that there is always some radiological risk?”

“EN–7 retains the Semi Urban Population Density Criterion, but evidence we have taken from the industry calls it outdated and a barrier to new nuclear. Should it be kept, removed or updated? I will start with Julia.”

“Okay. To move on to biodiversity and habitat rules, current habitats and environmental impact assessment rules often require mitigation on or near the project site. What should EN-7’s approach be to off-site or offsetting measures to meet biodiversity and habitat obligations?”

“We saw at Hinkley that they tried to get out of the so-called “fish disco”. They ended up proposing saltmarshes many miles away from their original site—one of them in my patch. Is it acceptable to do something so far off site? What is being done to ensure that developers actually stick to what they agreed to in the fi…”

“It is an acoustic deterrent. I appreciate that.”

“The Committee is concerned that we have heard evidence that environmental mitigations are not being delivered. How do you ensure that they are, and that it is done in an enforceable and transparent way?”

“1. How much capital funding she plans to allocate for the maintenance and repair of critical infrastructure in the next five years.”

“The weight limit imposed on the M48 Severn bridge due to the deterioration of its supporting cables is having a big impact on local businesses and farmers who work on both sides of the Severn. National Highways estimates that it would cost up to £600 million to repair the bridge, with restrictions only postponing the i…”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. I thank the hon. Member for Rushcliffe (James Naish) for securing the debate, and his able substitute, the hon. Member for Worcester (Tom Collins), for opening it. With good access to offshore wind resources, the UK is ideally placed to scale up green hydrogen pr…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree it is ironic that, when neurodivergent people commonly experience executive functioning difficulties, applying for Access to Work requires them to have good skills in that area, and people actually need support to access support?”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention, and I am grateful for the support of the wider south-west mafia. Hydrogen UK has reported that unlocking storage infrastructure investment is urgently needed as the sector could require 3.4 TWh of large-scale hydrogen storage by 2030, which could increase to 9.8 TWh by 2035.…”

“During recess, at an event to promote the new Avon and Somerset victim service, concerns were raised with me about the delay in publishing a new hate crime action plan for England and Wales to replace the one that expired in 2020. Will the Leader of the House tell us when a new plan will be published? If not, will she …”

“Lorraine, did you want to come in?”

“Stephanie, what behavioural interventions have proven most effective in shifting public attitudes towards low-carbon technologies, and how can those be scaled nationally?”