Nick Thomas-Symonds: “We’ve all heard a lot across the last decade about how we have an electricity grid that has a capacity, and a demand.”

My judgement is simply that we do need to be facing outward to the country and a swift and orderly transition is what I'll be supporting.

There is no defence security without economic security; and no economic security without energy security.

If the great question of post-Brexit Britain is how we can ensure, as an island nation, we can deliver national resilience, then energy security is one of the most valuable prizes.

I just think we have to weigh up what is in the best interests of the country.