Small Modular Nuclear Reactors: Jobs

Part of Energy Security and Net Zero – in the House of Commons at on 10 February 2026.

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Photo of Ed Miliband Ed Miliband The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero

The hon. Gentleman is right about this. Let me put it this way: given the scale of the climate change challenge, only those who are dug in dogmatically can oppose new nuclear. Given the scale of the challenge we face, we need all the tools at our disposal. It provides good jobs and energy security, so it is only for dogmatic reasons that the SNP Government oppose it. There is one difference between him and me, and that is that he promised SMRs, but we are delivering them.