Electricity Supply: International Interconnectors

Lord Broers Excerpts
Thursday 26th January 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Prior of Brampton Portrait Lord Prior of Brampton
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I agree with my noble friend that security of supply is of paramount importance and that we will continue to rely on gas and, to a declining extent, coal in future. Of course, nuclear will form an increasingly important part of our baseload.

Lord Broers Portrait Lord Broers (CB)
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My Lords, can the Minister reassure us that the Government are going ahead with the small modular nuclear reactor competition that was announced some time ago?

Lord Prior of Brampton Portrait Lord Prior of Brampton
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My Lords, I am aware of the small modular nuclear reactor programme. I will have to write to the noble Lord to tell him where we have got to in that process.