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1691903

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date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Rolls-Royce: Nuclear Reactors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the design of the Rolls-Royce nuclear reactor.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>Rolls-Royce Small Modular Reactor (RRSMR) was given a grant of £210m in the Low-Cost Nuclear award in 2021 and is one of six selected technologies, in the first phase of the Great British Nuclear Technology Selection Process aiming to identify technologies best able to reach a project Final Investment Decision by the end of 2029 and deliver projects in the mid-2030s.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2022, the regulators began a Generic Design Assessment (GDA) looking at the safety, security, and environmental impact of the RRSMR reactor design. The regulators concluded in April 2023, that all required activities for Step 1 of the RRSMR GDA have been completed and progressed to Step 2.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/03/2024 12:27:19 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1691904

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Rolls-Royce: Nuclear Reactors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of risk of declining to adopt the Rolls-Royce reactor for the future of Britain’s nuclear industry.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL2781
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>It is our ambition to deploy up to 24 Gigawatts of civil nuclear generation by 2050, around 25% of our projected 2050 electricity demand.</p><p>GBN is running an SMR technology selection process to select those technologies best able to facilitate Final Investment Decisions in the next Parliament and be operational by the mid-2030s.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Advanced Nuclear Fund, the Government has awarded up to £210m to support development of the Rolls Royce Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design. The Rolls-Royce SMR entered the Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process in March 2022, becoming the first SMR to begin UK nuclear regulation. In April 2023, the Rolls-Royce SMR progressed to Step 2 of GDA.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 04/03/2024 12:26:42 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1676531

registered interest
date	07/12/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Guyana: Venezuela
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the situation between Venezuela and Guyana.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL1014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK is concerned by the recent steps taken by Venezuela with respect to the Essequibo region of Guyana. We consider the unilateral actions of Venezuela unjustified and have said they should cease. The UK is clear that the border was settled in 1899 through international arbitration.</p><p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Americas, Caribbean and Overseas Territories) visited Guyana on 18 December to show UK support for its territorial integrity.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2023 16:33:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1675027

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether their policy has changed as regards plans for defence spending, given that the Spring Budget stated an aspiration to invest 2.5 per cent of gross domestic product in defence but this is not mentioned in the Autumn Statement.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, Minister of State for Defence (James Cartlidge), in the House of Commons on 27 November 2023 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Deane (Mr John Healey) in response to Question number 3090.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 18/12/2023 16:57:20 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto attachment 1 file name UIN 3090.docx title Defence Expenditure
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1675028

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Military Aid
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Autumn Statement which notes that £4.6 billion was given to Ukraine in military aid over 2022–23 and 2023–24, how much will be given in fiscal year 2024–5.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my right hon. Friend, the Minister for Armed Forces (James Heappey), in the House of Commons on 28 November 2023 to the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Deane (Mr John Healey) in response to his Urgent Question on the war in Ukraine.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 18/12/2023 16:57:47 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto attachment 1 file name MOD Urgent Question - Ukraine.docx title Ukraine
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1675043

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	World War II: Wrecks
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many times have HMS Spey and HMS Tamar visited the war graves of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse in the past 12 months.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>We continue to work closely with the relevant authorities in the region to afford these sites suitable protection. The wrecks of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are designated as protected places under the UK's Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.</p><p> </p><p>HMS Spey recently visited the wreck sites of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse to conduct patrol/presence operations. The Ship also held a memorial service for those who lost their lives in the sinking of both ships as part of the UK's remembrance events in November 2023.</p><p> </p><p>Based on records available from 1 December 2022 - 1 December 2023, this has been the only visit by HMS Spey or HMS Tamar to the wreck sites of HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 18/12/2023 16:58:26 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1674543

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Skynet
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for the UK to maintain full sovereign control of the Skynet satellite constellation into the future.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>SKYNET 6 is the UK MOD’s strategic highly assured and protected satellite communications (SATCOM) capability. The criticality of maintaining Freedom of Action and Operational Independence, and therefore ‘sovereign control’ of this national capability, has been a firm requirement and has been verified every year since programme inception. To meet all known threats and to provide assured positive Command and Control of UK Armed Forces and support to other Government departments necessitates an appropriate level of UK ‘ownership’, as defined in the Defence Space Strategy and the MOD’s Assured Capability framework. This is delivered by balancing UK-led activities with the use of allied networks and the global commercial market, where appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 14/12/2023 17:17:00 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1674544

registered interest
date	30/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Satellite Communications
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to require the design, manufacture and testing of future military satellite communications used by the Armed Forces to be done in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2023 answer text <p>Future military satellite communications are being secured though a programme called SKYNET 6. The Ministry of Defence has already contracted UK companies to develop the first new satellite (Airbus Defence &amp; Space Ltd) and to provide ground and flight control services for the entire constellation (a consortium led by Babcock).</p><p> </p><p>Subsequent SKYNET satellites are being acquired through two separate competitive procurements. The first of these is for a more widely available Narrowband Satellite System, and thus it is being procured via an open competition. The second is for up to three highly technological wideband satellites. There is a clear requirement in the competition invite that the key design, manufacture and testing activities for the wideband satellites are undertaken in the UK, in accordance with the aims of <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/971983/Defence_and_Security_Industrial_Strategy_-_FINAL.pdf" target="_blank">the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy (publishing.service.gov.uk).</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 14/12/2023 17:17:22 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1674230

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Russia: Nuclear Fuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to (1) sanction, and (2) ban, the use of Russian nuclear fuel products, including mined uranium, uranium conversion, uranium enrichment, and nuclear fuel.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>In the June 2022 Group of Seven Leaders’ Communique, the Government joined with G7 partners to state our collective intent to reduce reliance on civil nuclear and related goods from Russia, including working to assist countries seeking to diversify their nuclear fuel supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, the Government has led discussions within the ‘Sapporo 5’ group of nuclear energy leaders Canada, France, Japan, and the United States to identify potential areas of collaboration on nuclear fuels, with the goal of reduced global dependence on Russian supply chains. UK regularly raises the topic of dependency on Russia for civil nuclear goods and materials with likeminded international partners and supports efforts to diversify.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL744 HL745 question first answered 13/12/2023 12:08:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1674231

registered interest
date	29/11/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Russia: Nuclear Fuels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the yearly revenue earned by Russian state-owned entities from the sale of nuclear fuel products to (1) EU countries, (2) NATO countries, (3) Japan, and (4) the Republic of Korea.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/12/2023 answer text <p>In the June 2022 Group of Seven Leaders’ Communique, the Government joined with G7 partners to state our collective intent to reduce reliance on civil nuclear and related goods from Russia, including working to assist countries seeking to diversify their nuclear fuel supply chains.</p><p> </p><p>To this end, the Government has led discussions within the ‘Sapporo 5’ group of nuclear energy leaders Canada, France, Japan, and the United States to identify potential areas of collaboration on nuclear fuels, with the goal of reduced global dependence on Russian supply chains. UK regularly raises the topic of dependency on Russia for civil nuclear goods and materials with likeminded international partners and supports efforts to diversify.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan grouped question UIN HL743 HL745 question first answered 13/12/2023 12:08:46 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead