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Lord Walney Excerpts
Tuesday 7th November 2017

(7 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Harrington of Watford Portrait Richard Harrington
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My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. The Department is looking closely at small nuclear reactors. We have had presentations from many different companies and entities involved in developing this technology. We hope this will be brought to a conclusion very quickly. I commend him. I visited his constituency to see the research work going on there. We are very supportive of it.

Lord Walney Portrait John Woodcock (Barrow and Furness) (Lab/Co-op)
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Exiting the EU is introducing an added complication into the efforts to rescue the Moorside deal, with all the jobs and security it would bring. Are the Government open to the idea of offering a stake in the Moorside project if the conditions with a particular buyer are right?