Michael Shanks: “The Games show what is possible when we build the clean power Britain needs, and we're making great progress.”

This misunderstands the risks those working in politics face.

Thousands of good jobs are being created right now in renewable energy and upgrading our grid and we want to make it as easy as possible for people with skills from the oil and gas industry to take advantage of these opportunities.

More than 70 per cent of the supply chain for the SMRs of Wales will be built in Britain, that's jobs and opportunities, but obviously we could open up even more opportunities if we were actually building the projects in Scotland as well.

It's a huge economic opportunity for Scotland, but also we would point to the fact that nuclear, every single day, is providing base loads in Scotland alongside renewables, and our argument is you need both to have a stable, secure energy…