Speeches by Onn.

“I pay tribute to my northern Lincolnshire neighbour, my hon. Friend the Member for Scunthorpe (Sir Nicholas Dakin), who is a long-time champion and campaigner for protecting and securing the future of Scunthorpe steelworks, which is essential to the fabric of the town and a critical part of its identity. The Government…”

“Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating Sunflowers Children’s Action Group, a children’s charity in Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes, on winning by popular poll on my Facebook page a £2,000 donation from Bacta, the amusement and arcades representative body? Sunflowers provides activities, respite and trips …”

“Will they be jobs of an equivalent salary, do you think?”

“Are they doing an official skills matching assessment?”

“As the energy transition moves on, there is a continued risk for oil and gas workers of them being displaced. Has there been any work from Government in engaging with the North sea transition zone to support those workers?”

“What is happening at the moment to try to integrate that? How are you working well?”

“Do you think that there is a bit of a siloed approach between civil and defence nuclear that undermines that workforce delivery capacity?”

“Why are you talking yourself out of a job?”

“Who is going to be ultimately accountable for those 40,000 jobs being achieved by 2030? Will that sit on your desk?”

“There are challenges around that construction piece. There are other industries that are also utilising people who are skilled in those particular areas, so there could be a strain. Is there a particular focus on that construction side of things for the sector?”

“There are lots of numbers projected in different sectors for roles: if we are able to build out this much on time, we will need this many people. Some of it will be up front in construction and some of it will be long term. They reach a bit of a ceiling, really. How closely on track do you think that the skills agenda …”

“Has Hinkley funded that?”

“Are developers paying for that?”

“Are they specific nuclear community colleges, or just their local colleges?”

“I do on a different topic: workforce. Maybe they will be around to open it. We have had some evidence from Sue Ferns at the Prospect union and she told us that the industry is well positioned to deliver another generation of these nuclear jobs if the Government make strong commitments to the sector. Can you give us an …”

“Do you think you will be around to open it?”

“Do the Government believe that the UK’s current decommissioning framework, which was largely designed for old reactors, remains fit for purpose, particularly because we are looking at new nuclear, and that includes SMRs and AMRs?”

“Do developers understand that?”

“Is that an overall reduction, in your view?”

“Do emerging reactor technologies reduce the waste decommissioning burden? Who should be accountable if SMR and AMR waste streams prove harder or costlier to manage than planned?”