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HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaI should have come prepared with a line about whether an SMR could be sited in Strangford, because I should have known that that question was coming—sorry! As always, I welcome…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaThe hon. Gentleman is right to say how important this next generation of nuclear is—but alongside other technologies. The Government have been really clear that our clean power…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaI cannot help but notice that none of the SNP MPs is in the Chamber for this statement, so they are not defending the ideological objection that they seem to have. My hon. Friend,…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaMy hon. Friend is a huge champion of the nuclear industry, and I have learned a huge amount from her in my time in this post. I am sure the whole nuclear industry is grateful for…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaMy hon. Friend is right to say that the SNP’s policy on nuclear is immature. Nuclear has been an important part of Scotland’s energy mix for decades. As a result, tens of…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaThe right hon. Gentleman asks a typically important question. We take the security of our nuclear fleet in all its forms extremely seriously, and SMRs are a new part of that. The…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaMy hon. Friend is right: we should all be—I know we are, and the consensus has been welcome—hugely proud of this British innovation. We have a huge opportunity to be at the…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaI am grateful for a genuine question in the House of Commons—always appreciated. As I said earlier, the decision was made that Wylfa was the best possible site for SMRs. This is a…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaI think Plaid Cymru as a party has different views on this matter, but I am grateful to hear of the right hon. Lady’s support for new nuclear. The AI growth zones are all about us…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaI welcome the hon. Lady’s commitment to securing a new nuclear project in her constituency. She and I have had a number of discussions about nuclear power and other energy…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaIt would be wrong for me to say that I am fully briefed on the particular issues of that settlement, but I am happy to take that away and write to my hon. Friend. Rolls-Royce…17 Nov 2025HANSARDHydro Benefit Replacement SchemeI am tabling this statement to inform Members of the outcome of the statutory review of the hydro benefit replacement scheme and the common tariff obligation, which help protect…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaI thank my hon. Friend, and repeat my thanks to all those across the House who have been involved in these projects over many years. I particularly thank colleagues in the Welsh…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaLet me say genuinely that with all the debates we have about our energy mix, nuclear may be a point of consensus. That is important for the industry, so I welcome the hon.…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaI was expecting every question today to be, “Could an SMR be built in my constituency?” but my hon. Friend is the first to ask, so he wins the prize for that. I will not labour…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. The investment in these projects is felt in his constituency and in communities and small businesses right across the country. It is…17 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Station: WylfaThat is a hugely important question. This is a significant moment for British innovation, because we are now moving forward quickly to ensure that we are at the forefront of this…17 Nov 2025HANSARDEnergy Infrastructure National Policy StatementsHaving considered the responses to the consultation, I am pleased today to be able to present three revised energy national policy statements for parliamentary approval. This…13 Nov 2025HANSARDSmall Modular Reactor Programme: Site AllocationToday I am pleased to inform the House that the Government have selected Wylfa in north Wales as the site to host the Government-backed small modular reactor programme. Thanks to…13 Nov 2025HANSARD EnergyI would say that it is significantly cheaper to generate electricity from renewables, but I might not go quite as far as the hon. Lady does. There is a false argument that because…12 Nov 2025