SNP comment on GB Energy announcement

Commenting on the news that GB Energy will be headquartered in Aberdeen, SNP Westminster Leader Stephen Flynn MP said:

"Nobody sensible was seriously suggesting that a new energy body should be based outwith Aberdeen so to have this belated certainty is helpful. 

"Now we need to try and understand what this new energy body will actually do, and how it will benefit the people of Scotland given the scale of our resources.

"In that context, it's only reasonable to expect any wealth created from Scotland's resources to flow directly back to our communities.

"And, ultimately, it's important to be clear that this body being in Aberdeen is no mitigation to the damage that is likely to be caused to investment and jobs in our existing energy sector by Labour's recently implemented tax regime.”