Extracts from Parliamentary Proceedings - Mar 20
Wednesday, 21 March 2018 06:55
Extract from report stage (Lords) of the Nuclear Safeguards
Bill Lord Broers (CB): With respect to our own
ambitions, I entirely support the noble Viscount in terms of SMRs.
We are dying to get going—to be specific Rolls-Royce is
dying to get going—on SMRs. In fact, Rolls-Royce tells us
they are spending £1 million a month keeping that programme alive
and waiting for the Government to make a decision on the
competition which I hope will come... To read...Request free trial
Extract from report stage
(Lords) of the Nuclear Safeguards Bill
(CB): With
respect to our own ambitions, I entirely support the noble Viscount
in terms of SMRs. We are dying to get going—to be
specific Rolls-Royce is dying to get going—on SMRs.
In fact, Rolls-Royce tells us they are spending £1
million a month keeping that programme alive and waiting for the
Government to make a decision on the competition which I hope will
come...
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Extracts from Westminster
Hall debate on Local Infrastructure (East Midlands)
(North East Derbyshire)
(Con):...The east midlands benefits from its strategic location,
its workforce, its skills base, its good strategic connectivity,
its strong supply chains and its reputation. It is an area that
gets on with it. It is one of those quiet, industrious and
energetic motors of the wider United Kingdom economy. Unemployment
is lower than the national average and employment is higher. We are
privileged to be the home of great cities such as Derby, Leicester,
Lincoln, Northampton and Nottingham. We have East Midlands Airport
and, in my own county, world-leading manufacturers such as Toyota,
Bombardier and Rolls-Royce...
Sir (Derbyshire Dales)
(Con):...It is important that we get the whole question of
large-scale infrastructure investment right so that the region has
the ability to attract business and companies. In the east
midlands, we should not sell ourselves short. If we look at the
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire borders, we have
world-class engineering in Bombardier, Rolls-Royce, JCB and Toyota. They are
world leaders and world-beaters in engineering. There is no doubt
that is important for the prosperity of the area...
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