HINKLEY POINT C (No. 3)

Early day motion 1118, tabled 22 February 2016 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 35 members.

That this House welcomes the view of the Financial Times that Britain is saddled with the worst of all worlds on the Hinkley Point C nuclear project; reinforces the paper's belief that the Government has effectively written the French company, EDF, a long-dated option to sell the UK unproven technology at an extremely generous price; believes the case for halting Hinkley Point C is becoming hard to refute; is alarmed that the EDF has yet to commit itself to the project because of its massive €37 billion debt; agrees with the Financial Times that prolonged delays, multi billion pound cost overruns and technical problems at Flamanville may cause construction at Hinkley Point to be scrapped; and calls for a full debate and a reappraisal of the project.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 21, Labour 8, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Green 1, Liberal Democrat 1, Plaid Cymru 1.