Middle East: Economic Response

Baroness Butler-Sloss Excerpts

Monday 1st June 2026 Lords Chamber

[Lord Livermore (Lab)]

I am grateful to my noble friend for what he said. I will certainly look up the speech and programme that he mentions, and will recommend it to my colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions as they work with Alan Milburn on his review. As all noble Lords know, Alan Milburn published the interim report of his review and his final review is coming out in the autumn. The kind of scheme that he mentions is worth looking at and, as I say, I will look up the speech that my noble friend mentioned.

[Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)]

What are the Government doing about small nuclear plants?

[Lord Livermore (Lab)]

Does the noble and learned Baroness mean small nuclear reactors?

[Baroness Butler-Sloss (CB)]

Yes.

[Lord Livermore (Lab)]

The deal to introduce the first of its kind has been signed with Rolls-Royce, and it is going to be located in north Wales. I think this is incredibly exciting technology and we want to see more of it. We want to see more private sector investment in this technology and in advanced nuclear reactors. We absolutely want to see far more investment in nuclear in this country. As I say, we have signed deals for small modular reactors, and we want to see more private and public sector investment in them.