Extract from oral answers: President of COP26 - Mar 2

Giles Watling (Clacton) (Con): I recently met the brilliant people at Rolls-Royce who are working on small modular reactors, which will help to fill the gap between fossil fuels and renewable energy. Does my right hon. Friend agree that more investment in nuclear power will help to combat global climate change and, more importantly, help our desperate constituents who are having to choose between eating and heating right now?

The COP26 President (Alok Sharma): I share my hon. Friend’s view: nuclear has to be part of our clean energy mix. We are investing in SMR technology through Rolls-Royce  as he has acknowledged. It also provides an export opportunity for the UK and the creation of jobs in our industrial heartlands.