The Backbench Business Committee has scheduled a debate on Thursday 7 February on a motion relating to subsidies for new nuclear. Martin Horwood, Caroline Lucas, and Mike Weatherley appeared before the Backbench Business Committee to request this debate.
Pending any Statements or Urgent Questions, the debate is likely to commence at around 11.15/11.30am.
Watch the debate and read a transcript
Watch the debate on Parliament TV and read the views expressed by MPs in Commons Hansard.
How the subject was selected
The subject for this debate was determined by the Backbench Business Committee following representations by Martin Horwood, Caroline Lucas, and Mike Weatherley on 22 January 2013.
Backbench Business Committee
The Backbench Business Committee meets weekly on Tuesdays at 3pm to consider requests for debates from any backbench Members of Parliament on any subject.
The Committee then has to decide how to allocate the limited Parliamentary time it has at its disposal. The Committee's meetings are always conducted in public and can be watched on Parliament TV.
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