Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Office for Budget Responsibility
Wednesday, 25 July 2018 13:04
During a debate in Westminster Hall on Office for Budget
Responsibility, Paul Sweeney (Glasgow North East) (Lab/Co-op)
said: ...there are emerging technologies that offer great
opportunities, such as small modular reactors, which Britain will
potentially pioneer, with Rolls-Royce in the foreground. I am
hopeful that that is something that Scotland can look at and
embrace. Not only can we secure the sector, which, as we know, is
worth £1 billion and 12,000 jobs, but we can achieve...Request free trial
During a debate in Westminster Hall on Office for Budget
Responsibility, (Glasgow North East)
(Lab/Co-op) said: ...there are emerging technologies that offer
great opportunities, such as small modular reactors, which Britain
will potentially pioneer, with Rolls-Royce in the foreground. I am
hopeful that that is something that Scotland can look at and
embrace. Not only can we secure the sector, which, as we know, is
worth £1 billion and 12,000 jobs, but we can achieve so much if we
are on the front foot. When I was working for BAE Systems at Govan
shipyard, we looked at how we could develop and manufacture small
modular reactors in the shipyard, thus sustaining not only nuclear
supply, but our shipbuilding industry. There are huge opportunities
for coastal locations.
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