"I thank my noble friend for that very important question. Look at Sizewell C, for example, where over 1,500 apprenticeships will be created. Each SMR will have 3,000 jobs at peak construction and hundreds of operational jobs, as he pointed out. The nuclear skills plan has already generated 4,000 early …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"Following a report on procurement based on fairness and transparency, Great British Energy-Nuclear has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as its preferred bidder to partner with and deploy the UK’s first SMRs, subject to final government approvals and contract signature. The Government’s long-term ambition is to bring forward one of Europe’s first …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"I thank the noble Lord for that question. It will take a Labour Government to ensure that it happens. We are nine years on from 2017 and we have made the commitment. We know what we are doing about this. We will ensure that we have a great future for …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"The deal that we made with the US is to ensure that we have a global industry in nuclear energy. We are setting up the foundations in this country to ensure that we have the manufacturing jobs, skills set, supply chain and secure investment into the future so that we …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"I will write to the noble Lord on that question. As I said, we want to ensure that 70% of the supply chain is in the UK. We have designed the nuclear plan for skills, which is highly important. We have already 4,000 early career starts entering in 2024-25 and …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"The noble Earl asks an interesting question. We want to expedite the introduction of SMRs. If we can possibly bring them forward to 2030 then we will do that. The way to deal with this, to keep prices down, is to keep out of the market for fossil fuels and …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"I welcome the questions from the noble Baroness. To answer both, we still intend on making sure that we have 70% of content as far as the supply chain, for example, is concerned. Nuclear fuel is obviously an issue for the private sector and the developers there. As I said, …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"As part of the initiative with the United States, we are looking at setting up 12 AMRs at Hartlepool, which will provide a lot of energy for the area for industry and around 3 million homes will benefit as well. It will create a lot of jobs in the area …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"The Sizewell C position is that it will create many jobs in construction and apprenticeships, and for the next 60 years will supply energy to around 6 million homes. It is absolutely right that the idea of the SMR programme is to create a modular reactor which is easy to …..." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech
"Under the agreement that we have just signed with the USA, that is going to happen as soon as possible, but no later than 2028...." Lord Wilson of Sedgefield - View Speech