Key Workers at Torness Power Station

That the Parliament notes the vital work that has continued throughout lockdown to keep Scotland’s utilities and other essential public infrastructure operating during the COVID-19 pandemic, including at Torness power station near Dunbar; understands that Torness, with a workforce well used to putting health and safety first, has adopted stringent measures to remain fully operational, ensuring that, during the current crisis, it has been able to deliver one of the longest continuous periods of generation since it was commissioned; believes that the dedicated key workers at Torness, and throughout Scotland’s utilities and other essential public infrastructure sectors, deserve the nation’s gratitude for everything they are doing to help keep society functioning during what it sees as this unprecedented time.