Mr Barry Jones: What can the Government do to assist further the beleaguered Raytheon jet workers in my constituency? Does he accept that Raytheon bought Corporate Jets to merge with Beech? Does he understand that Raytheon bought Corporate Jets so that it could eliminate competition and take jobs to America? How can the Government further assist my constituents?
Baroness Neville-Jones: ...Immigration announced that the supplier's performance to date had not been compliant with their contractual obligations and that he had taken the decision to terminate the e-Borders contract with Raytheon. Work is ongoing to novate the contracts governing existing services away from Raytheon. This is expected to be completed by April 2011. We are engaging with alternative providers to...
Damian Green: Since the e-Borders contract with Raytheon Systems was terminated, the e-Borders programme has been pursuing a strategy to procure services to replace those due under the original contract. We continue to engage with a number of alternative providers to deliver the key benefits that the contract with Raytheon was unable to deliver. No new contracts have yet been agreed. The Programme remains...
Mr Barry Jones: I have here a petition given to me by employees of the Raytheon factory in my constituency. It is entitled: On behalf of the employees of Raytheon Corporate Jets to the American Ambassador to the United Kingdom. It continues: For the attention of the President of the United States of America.We the undersigned appeal to your integrity to influence the Raytheon Corporation to maintain...
Damian Green: Since the e-Borders contract with Raytheon Systems was terminated in July 2010, the e-Borders programme has been pursuing a strategy to secure existing live systems and assets and to procure services to replace those due under the original contract. The contract with IBM for the Semaphore system was novated to UKBA on 25 November 2010 and the Programme is on course to meet the Home Office...
Lord Marlesford: To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the cost to public funds of terminating the e-borders contract with Raytheon; and what claims from Raytheon are in dispute.
Damian Green: holding answer 19 October 2010 There has been no recent assessment. The only company currently delivering e-Borders services to the Home Department is Raytheon Systems Limited under the exit management provisions of the e-Borders agreement that survive termination. Raytheon are continuing to deliver services, notwithstanding being terminated for material breach of contract, until such time...
Carwyn Jones: Well, the leader of Plaid Cymru has raised an important issue there in terms of Raytheon. It's not clear what the involvement of the Raytheon plant in Deeside is with regard to Saudi Arabia. I will, however, find out, and I will write to him once I've established what the connection is. Upon seeing the results of that investigation, I will then of course respond fully to the points that he's...
Lindsay Roy: May I assure the Minister that I am not scaremongering but posing a question put to me by people who work at Raytheon, a company that employs 600 people in my constituency? They are asking whether there is an issue about the confidential contracts that are engaged in between the parent company in the USA and Raytheon UK, and whether there is any risk to, or uncertainty about, their jobs in...
Julian Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what extended functionality and services to the e-borders programme have been agreed since the contract with Raytheon began; whether the other consortia which competed for the contract were informed of the extended functionality and service requirements prior to the selection of the Raytheon consortium; and whether any of the original...
Alun Michael: My right hon. Friend always makes the best possible case for his constituency. With him, I have visited both Airbus and Raytheon and I am impressed by their work. Through him, I congratulate the workers at Raytheon on their successes in recent weeks. I can certainly confirm that the best possible case for Wales has been made within Government and that Cabinet colleagues, including the...
Greg Hands: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills considered Richard Paniguian’s application to take up a Non–Executive Director role with Raytheon under the Business Appointment Rules. The Department approved the above appointment subject to the conditions that:Richard should not draw on privileged information available to him from his time in Crown service; andfor two years from his...
Damian Green: Since the e-Borders contract with Raytheon Systems was terminated on 22 July 2010, the e-Borders programme has been pursuing a strategy to procure services to replace those due under the original contract. We are engaging with alternative providers to deliver the key benefits that the contract with Raytheon was unable to deliver. As requirements have been discussed with suppliers, we have...
Mr Barry Jones: A strategy is needed to get thousands of unemployed aerospace workers back into their industry. What will the Government do to help the workers at Raytheon Jets, who have been told that the production of jet aircraft is to be transferred to the United States? What help will they give the workers at Raytheon Jets, at least in saving some of the jobs that are scheduled to go to the United...
Mr Barry Jones: If the hon. Gentleman will listen for a few more seconds, I will show him why I am entirely in order. I invite him to make the same statement in my constituency in front of my Raytheon workers: he would need my protection. However, I know that he made it in the best sense and was not being mischievous. If he will listen, I will explain. Before I so foolishly gave way to the hon. Member for...
Michael Jack: I am grateful to the Minister. I hope that he has not drowned in his glass of water. About four weeks ago, during the business slot on the "Today" programme, a representative of the Raytheon corporation clearly intimated that the corporation thought that it had won the ASTOR contract. In that context, it was discussing the potential creation of additional defence jobs in Belfast. Did the...
Mr Ron Davies: I shall certainly look carefully at the case my hon. Friend puts to me. When I visited the Raytheon facility with my hon. Friend, I was impressed by the attitude of both management and unions and the way in which they have come together in partnership. The partnership between management and unions at Raytheon and the public-private partnership that is largely responsible for the success of...
Lord Taylor of Holbeach: The e-Borders contract with Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, was terminated for cause on 22 July 2010. It will not be possible to confirm total cost to that date, or the estimate of remaining costs, until the binding arbitration following the termination of the contract with RSL is complete and we have been advised that it is legally appropriate. The Home...
Kenny MacAskill: ...the UK has a role in arming Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. It is also important to put on record that Scotland has a role due to the provision of laser-guided missiles from Glenrothes by Raytheon. I was in the Scottish Government when Raytheon was there, and I have to confess that my hands are implicated in this, but times have moved on. I was a Minister from 2007 to 2014; we...
Mr Barry Jones: I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his help, but may I urge him and his Cabinet colleagues to redouble their efforts to help my beleaguered constituents who work for Raytheon in north-east Wales? Will be confirm that, together with the Welsh Development Agency, he stands ready with cash and grants for the Raytheon board if it is prepared to alter its strategy to close down that great...