European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill

Debate between Baroness Young of Old Scone and Lord Keen of Elie

Committee: 2nd sitting (Hansard): House of Lords
Wednesday 1st March 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Keen of Elie]

I am most obliged to the noble Lord, because it gives me the opportunity to refine the statement that I made. Essentially, we are world leaders in the area of nuclear fusion.

[Baroness Young of Old Scone]

I should say that I am also a member of the Science and Technology Committee, which is looking at this issue at the moment. I am also a former nuclear waste regulator. Is it true to say that this caught the Government on the hop as an unintended consequence of leaving the European Union? Will he tell us how many more of these unexploded bombs there are in there?

[Lord Keen of Elie]

I am obliged to the noble Baroness. This Government are never caught on the hop.