While I understand concerns about habitat regulations and very much share a desire to protect nature, I believe nuclear power is vital to provide a cheap, reliable, and clean source of energy, and I welcome the work of John Fingleton and the Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce in outlining how Britain's nuclear regulation can become competitive once more.
I believe that the benefits of building new nuclear sites outweighs the effect on nature, particularly given the amount of land required to provide similar amounts of energy from wind and solar power and the far greater effect this has on natural habitats. That is why the Opposition laid amendments to the Planning and Infrastructure Act to exempt new nuclear sites from the Habitat Regulations 2017, to free nuclear sites from disproportionate environmental regulation.
I look forward to scrutinising proposals once further details are available.