DebateGeneral CommitteeWednesday, 17 June 202614:30

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Parliamentary debate

This delegated legislation committee will scrutinise amendments to nuclear safeguards regulations following Britain's exit from the EU. The regulations adjust how the UK's nuclear regulator (the Office for Nuclear Regulation) oversees nuclear facilities and sets fees, replacing EU oversight mechanisms with domestic arrangements. The debate will examine whether these new fee structures and safeguard powers remain fit for purpose and cost-effective.

Nuclear safeguards are fundamental to UK energy security and public safety. These amendments operationalise post-Brexit independence in nuclear regulation but lock in cost structures for decades. Misaligned fees could burden the civil nuclear sector or shift costs to taxpayers; weak safeguards could invite regulatory scrutiny from international partners or undermine confidence in British nuclear energy.

Energy & Net Zero Economy & Jobs (General)

MPs most likely to speak

Pat McFaddenLabour Party

Wolverhampton South East

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, economy-jobs, agriculture (196 times, 40pts); Known positions: economy-jobs: supportive, technology: supportive, labour-market: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Andrew BowieConservative and Unionist Party

West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

Shadow Energy Security and Net Zero — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, economy-jobs, agriculture (363 times, 40pts); Known positions: energy: opposed, energy: supportive, energy: neutral (30pts)Voting record

Andrew GriffithConservative and Unionist Party

Arundel and South Downs

Shadow Business and Trade — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, economy-jobs, agriculture (224 times, 40pts); Known positions: economy-jobs: opposed, labour-market: opposed, economy-jobs: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Dame Angela EagleLabour Party

Wallasey

Minister of State — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, economy-jobs, agriculture (95 times, 40pts); Known positions: agriculture: supportive, agriculture: neutral, agriculture: opposed (30pts)Voting record

Dr Ben SpencerConservative and Unionist Party

Runnymede and Weybridge

Shadow Science — portfolio topic overlap (35pts); Spoken on energy, economy-jobs, agriculture (250 times, 40pts); Known positions: technology: questioning, technology: opposed, technology: supportive (30pts)Voting record

Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee: The draft Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit and Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

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