Extract from King's
Speech debate (Commons)
Kate Kniveton (Burton) (Con): ...I am very proud to be the
project champion for the A50/A500 corridor, which runs through my
constituency and is a key strategic link for many international
businesses, including JCB, Toyota, Rolls-Royce
Nestlé and many more. Unfortunately, this key piece of our
nation’s manufacturing infrastructure is currently costing our
economy £8 million each year due to delays impacting residents,
commuters and businesses. At several pinch points, the corridor
is slow and unreliable, with average rush hour speeds of 20
mph...
Extract from King's
Speech debate (Lords)
(Lab):...First, we need
nuclear power stations that contribute electricity to the grid.
Various reactors are on offer for this role, mainly pressurised
water reactors. At one end of the spectrum are the EPRs, rated at
3,300 megawatts of electrical power, which are to be deployed in
the mega power stations of Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C. At the
other end is the small modular reactor of Rolls-Royce rated
at about 470 megawatts of electrical power. We should persist
with Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C, but they should be succeeded
by a fleet of SMRs from Rolls-Royce
which should be distributed widely throughout the country.
Pressurised water reactors are described as third-generation
reactors. In due course, they should give way to a fourth
generation of reactors, some of the leading examples of which are
currently under development in this country...
