Written Evidence May. 08 2024
Inquiry: Implications of the war in Ukraine for UK DefenceFound: The MOD must adapt to new tactical approaches, focusing on updated training and a credible nuclear
Mentions:
1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) mercenaries, Islamic extremists and military strongmen have overrun democracies and societies in Africa.As Iran - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Quin (Con - Horsham) capability, and Iran, with its regional proxies looking to seize opportunities from the distracted west - Speech Link
3: Derek Twigg (Lab - Halton) We know the threats and potential threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea, and the destabilising - Speech Link
4: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Arabia and the UAE”.The only element that was missing in the article was that that strategy, promoted by Iran - Speech Link
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: G7 Non-Proliferation Directors Group statement, April 2024Found: We underline that the deployment of next-generation nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command PaperFound: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper
Mar. 25 2024
Source Page: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command PaperFound: Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper
Mentions:
1: Lord Risby (Con - Life peer) Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, supported by his linkages to countries such as North Korea and Iran - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) In Russia, the K-329 Belgorod submarines emerged—unmanned nuclear-powered submarines that purportedly - Speech Link
3: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) constructed, and at the Rolls-Royce Raynesway site in Derby, which will double in size to manufacture all the reactors - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Rolls-Royce is producing the reactors and we have invested billions of pounds in both Barrow and Derby - Speech Link
Found: Debate on the Civil Nuclear Roadmap
Report Jan. 31 2024
Committee: European Affairs CommitteeFound: In response Baroness Ashton, drawing on her experience of the sanctions process in relation to Iran,
Mentions:
1: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) own people, while Iran has repeatedly violated its international nuclear obligations and has enriched - Speech Link
2: James Cartlidge (Con - South Suffolk) We now have the smallest nuclear warhead stockpile of the five nuclear weapons states recognised under - Speech Link
Jan. 16 2024
Source Page: Strategic export controls: licensing statistics, 2019Found: reactors. technology for nuclear reactors.