Extracts from Commons proceedings: Rolls-Royce - Sep 20
Tuesday, 21 September 2021 06:49
Extract from Defence Questions: Defence Sector Jobs Bob Seely (Isle
of Wight) (Con): What steps his Department is taking to help
support jobs in the defence sector The Minister for Defence
Procurement (Jeremy Quin): Last week was a good week for defence
jobs: I announced investments in laser and radio-frequency weapons,
which will sustain 249 jobs and create 49 more, including 30 in
Northern Ireland, and investment to enhance the capabilities of
C-17 and Chinook, which will support 200 UK...Request free trial
Extract from Defence
Questions: Defence Sector Jobs
(Isle of Wight) (Con): What steps his Department is
taking to help support jobs in the defence sector
The Minister for Defence Procurement ():
Last week was a good week for defence jobs: I announced
investments in laser and radio-frequency weapons, which will
sustain 249 jobs and create 49 more, including 30 in Northern
Ireland, and investment to enhance the capabilities of C-17 and
Chinook, which will support 200 UK jobs and create 50 at RAF Brize
Norton; and on Friday, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State
announced a £170 million investment in next-generation submarines,
which will support 250 jobs at Barrow and 100 jobs at
Rolls-Royce Derby. The UK sector
more broadly already directly and indirectly supports more than
200,000 jobs throughout the UK.
Extract from Commons
statement on the UK Gas Market
(New Forest East)
(Con): As Russia completes its sinister Nord Stream 2
pipeline and tightens its stranglehold on gas supplies to Europe,
why are we not fully exploiting Rolls-Royce modular nuclear
reactors to decrease our indirect dependence on Russian gas and our
direct dependence on French and Chinese nuclear
technology?
The Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy (): My right hon. Friend knows that coming
up with a fleet of small modular reactors cannot be done overnight.
It takes about 10 years to develop the technology. As I have said
repeatedly, it is a key part of our nuclear strategy and is the
third point of the Prime Minister’s 10-point plan. I frequently
speak about this to Warren East, the chief executive officer
of Rolls-Royce As a consequence of
the spending review period, it is something that we hope to be able
to commit to on the UK balance sheet.
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