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Questions (Commons)
(Amber Valley) (Con): I welcome
the publication of the Command Paper, and in particular the
important role played by Rolls-Royce in
Derby, but does my right hon. Friend agree that for this to be a
truly national enterprise, there must be a truly national supply
chain and access to jobs for people throughout the country?
The Secretary of State for Defence (): My hon. Friend is right
about the extent of the supply chain. In addition to the very
large investment in Rolls-Royce
to which the Australians contributed £2.4 billion last week, and
all the work in Barrow that is described in the Command Paper,
there are benefits for virtually every constituency in the
country.
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debate on the Strategy and Policy Statement for Energy Policy in
Great Britain
(Con):...Additionally, I have
one other further area, and that is small nuclear reactors, which
were not covered in the NAO report. It is worrying that we have
known for at least three years that Rolls-Royce
is geared up to do small nuclear reactors, and we have given it
good money to work on them, but we are still not at a point where
anybody is being appointed. There is a list of six potential
people involved; some of them are not even ready now to do a
proper pitch, and the rumour is that the pitch will be put back
further because some of them are not ready. This slippage, all
the way through, symbolises this market, and it is extremely
worrying. It is possibly one of the most key areas of our
industry and our lives when we talk about home heating...
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