Seanad debates
Wednesday, 2 July 2003
Nuclear Safety: Motion.
If we take 50,000 jobs out of Cumbria, we will have to subsidise them. Is that a realistic proposition? If the British Government came to my constituency and told me to abolish an industry that would have a knock-on effect on 10,000 jobs, who would pick up those jobs? The reason Mr. Jack Cunningham is so belligerent on this issue is that it is about jobs, regional development and the pathetic policy in Britain and Ireland where places like Cumbria are excluded. I have visited Cumbria, which is one of the most beautiful places on these islands, but there is no tourism development there. We must put our money where our mouth is. If we talk about closing down these jobs, we must talk about doing something to help Britain close Sellafield. That is the real politics involved here.
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