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Hinkley Point C Power Station

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Question for Department for Energy and Climate Change

UIN 33350, tabled on 11 April 2016

Question

Ms Margaret Ritchie
Social Democratic & Labour Party
South Down
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent discussions she has had with the French government and EDF on whether there will be changes to the timetable for the development of Hinkley Point C.

Answer

Andrea Leadsom
Conservative
South Northamptonshire
Commons

Answered on

14 April 2016

We are in close contact with EDF and the French Government regarding the Hinkley Point C project. EDF are confident that the plant will begin generating electricity in 2025.

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Department for Energy and Climate Change
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