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Proceeding contribution from Huw Irranca-Davies (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 1 December 2010. It occurred during Debate on National Policy Statements.


National Policy Statements

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. Will he acknowledge that this issue is pertinent to our debate on our national infrastructure and the supply chain? It is my clear understanding, unless the Minister can disabuse me of this, that only one other global supplier makes the piece that Sheffield Forgemasters was going to make. If the company had been given that repayable loan, which would have been repaid to the Government in short order, it would have led the global supply chain—not just for the UK but for export—in the reactors that we passed the justification orders for last week. It is a clear own goal. I ask the Minister to go back to his BIS and Treasury colleagues to see whether there is still an opportunity to bring the measure forward. It is not too late.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
519 c896 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Consumption Energy Electricity generation Energy supply Infrastructure Heating Oil Planning Natural gas Nuclear power Power stations Pollution control Policy Renewable energy National policy statements Sheffield Forgemasters
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