Claire Perry: ...is already bringing high value jobs to coastal communities like Grimsby, for example, from the Triton Knoll project. Hull has seen 1,000 direct jobs created from the £310 million investment in Siemens’ blade factory. We are moving to advance discussions with the offshore wind sector around a Sector Deal that ensures higher levels of local content, UK jobs and investment in supply...
Lord Wigley: ...stressed that the future success of the Welsh economy depends on manufacturing and agriculture having ongoing access to the single market and the customs union? That is vital for companies such as Siemens, Airbus, Toyota and Ford. Is the Minister aware that, over recent months in Wales, polls have indicated increasing support—if such guarantees are not forthcoming—for a people’s...
Hannah Blythyn: ..., my colleague the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport visited businesses throughout rural Wales to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities facing those areas. Businesses included Siemens Healthineers, which employs 413 people in Llanberis, PCI Pharma, which employs 360 people in Hay-on-Wye, and I know that he recently visited Wynnstay in Llansantffraid, which employs...
Greg Clark: ...in electric motors. We are emphasising the “D” side of R&D: development as well as research. The “Made Smarter” review, which was championed and led by Juergen Maier, the chief executive of Siemens in this country, is spreading the take-up of new manufacturing technologies to businesses small and large. A national quantum computing centre will scale up quantum systems into workable...
Greg Clark: ...a billion pounds in those opportunities. In addition, since we last met we have announced action to protect small businesses against unfair late payment terms imposed by larger firms. Alongside the Siemens chief executive Juergen Maier, I chaired the first meeting of the Made Smarter Commission, which will help to transform manufacturing through digital technologies. We have also announced...
Education: Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Witnesses: Professor Rose Luckin, Professor of Learner Centred Design, UCL Knowledge Lab Brian Holliday, Managing Director, Siemens Digital Factory Joysy John, Director of Education, Nesta Professor Martin Loomes, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Middlesex University Babak Jahanbani, General Manager, Festo Didactic Joana Miranda, robotics student, Middlesex University Nicholas Fitton, computer science...
Claire Perry: ...lower CO2 emissions than the diesels they are replacing. The hon. Lady will know better than most the economic benefit that can come from this clean growth transition, because she has the new Siemens wind turbine factory in her constituency, creating many relatively well-paid, highly productive jobs, and we want to see a lot more of that. In terms of the transport industry, I am very...
Baroness Sugg: ...representatives of Network Rail, Southeastern, Govia Thameslink Railway, Stagecoach Group (representing East Midlands Trains), Arriva Rail London, Office of Rail and Road, Department for Transport, Siemens, Chris Gibb as independent chair and Chris Green representing the Independent Assurance Panel. During 2018 the Panel has met on the following dates: 12 January 8 February 9 March 6...
Rebecca Long-Bailey: Airbus, Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, Siemens—just a few of the businesses that have recently spoken out about the Government’s handling of Brexit. They alone provide thousands of jobs and significant investment in the UK, but the Government’s chaos is putting this in jeopardy. The Secretary of State himself was forced to rebuke the flagrant dismissal of his own Front-Bench colleagues,...
Anna Soubry: ...for Loughborough (Nicky Morgan), who is sitting next to me, has a business in her constituency called Brush. It is a long-standing business that has provided good-quality jobs for generations. I had Siemens in my constituency. At one time, I had a number of miners who worked in local pits in north Nottinghamshire and in Derbyshire. In due course, those pits closed, as did Siemens. When we...
Jesse Norman: ...to assess seat comfort on those trains. The Thameslink trains were developed from a specification produced by expert advisers, with significant input from the then operator, and designed by Siemens. That included significant consultation with national and regional passenger groups, which had the opportunity to review the seats and found the comfort levels to be generally satisfactory. On...
Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town: ...business to “something off”, it would be rather better if the Government heeded these views of business and those of Standard Life, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, Cicero, BMW, Siemens, INEOS, the Freight Transport Association—all those other wealth generators and job creators. It is not just business; voters are being ignored as well. Their refusal to provide a...
Marsha de Cordova: Over the past weeks, Airbus, BMW and Siemens have echoed the warning of the trade unions that the Government’s Brexit strategy is putting thousands of jobs at risk. Will the Prime Minister listen to business and to the trade unions, and commit to keeping the UK in a customs union?
Lord Bradshaw: ...franchise for Wales includes the electrification of the core valley lines at a cost which is far below that of conventional electrification schemes being carried out elsewhere. Meanwhile, Alstom and Siemens are about to launch new systems at much lower cost. Will the Government consider the effect of these cheaper schemes on the case for electrifying the Midland main line and possibly...
Tom Brake: ...it last week, I was not aware how timely it would be. In the last 24 hours—I am sure there will be others in the next few days—a series of blue chip companies, including Airbus, BMW, Honda, Siemens, have highlighted the projected or potential cost to their businesses of problems at the border. I am sure that the Government would want to report back on the impact, particularly of having...
Mr Neil Hamilton: ..., opening a new £1 billion office complex in London, he said, 'I am wrong because I would have thought there would have been a worse outcome...The UK economy has surprised to the upside'. Look at Siemens: again, Joe Kaeser, a massive remainer, said that Brexit would disrupt the economy, uncertainty about the relationship with the EU would have significant negative long-term effects, the...
Owen Smith: In the light of the legitimate concerns expressed by global businesses such as Airbus, Siemens and BMW about the post-Brexit world, will the Secretary of State confirm that and remotely justify why his response was to say “F business”?
Mark Tami: ...the UK—either in the EU itself or in low-cost producer countries such as China where the company has a plant? Airbus’s concerns are real and shared by many other manufacturers such as BMW and Siemens. The Government need to wake up and listen rather than just address Tory infighting.
Michelle Donelan: Companies such as Siemens in my constituency show an interest in and have an important stake in Northern Ireland. Has my right hon. Friend made any recent assessments of the economic impact of their remaining in the UK?
Andrew Percy: Last Friday it was announced that Siemens had won the contract for the new Piccadilly line trains and will now invest £200 million in a new train factory in Goole, creating 700 jobs—so not all investment in the south turns out to be all that terrible. However, can we make sure that the Department and the Minister in particular work with Siemens to ensure that the supply chain benefits the...