Michelle Donelan: ...from Paddington, and sandwiched between Bristol, Swindon and Bath. It is a hub of engineering, technology and design, and has some of the leading companies in their sectors, such as Good Energy, Siemens, and MJ Church. We have a huge opportunity not only to retain those companies, but to build on them. However, the proposed changes to permits would particularly cripple the business...
Jo Johnson: ..., Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern, Stagecoach Group (Representing East Midlands Trains and Virgin Trains East Coast), Arriva Rail London, Department for Transport, Office of Rail and Road, Siemens (supplier of the new Thameslink Fleet), and an Independent Assurance Panel representative. The cost of the board is part of the £7bn Thameslink programme.
Jo Johnson: The parties represented at the Thameslink Industry Readiness Board are: Chris Gibb (Independent Chair),Network Rail – South East RouteNetwork Rail – London North Eastern RouteNetwork Rail – Anglia RouteNetwork Rail – System OperatorNetwork Rail – Thameslink Programme team (part of Network Rail Infrastructure Projects)SoutheasternGovia Thameslink RailwayStagecoach Group...
Keith Brown: ...continue towards completion of the contract that it held for Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Ltd, or BOWL. All those who have been involved in the discussions—SSE plc, the partners in the BOWL project, Siemens, Seaway Heavy Lifting, BiFab and the trade unions, specifically Unite the Union and GMB Scotland—should be given credit for having taken a very proactive attitude to achieving a...
Andy McDonald: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the merger of Siemens and Alstom (a) on the value for money delivered to Network Rail’s signalling framework contract process and (b) the competitiveness of the wider supply side of the UK rail industry.
Esther McVey: ...credit, which is an in-work and out-of-work benefit, is giving that extra support. Let me just say this: BT Openreach, 3,500 new jobs across the country; UPS, 1,000 jobs in the east midlands; Siemens, 700 skilled jobs in Yorkshire; and Toyota, 3,000 jobs in Derby and Wales. That is what this Government are doing in supporting those people into those jobs.
Bernard Jenkin: ...Sunderland a super plant of 600,000 vehicles a year. In December 2017, GlaxoSmithKline revealed its plans to invest £40 million in the UK’s life sciences sector. At the beginning of this month, Siemens committed to building a £200 million train manufacturing plant in the UK if it wins orders for new rolling stock, and, just last week, Toyota announced that it will build the next...
Michelle Donelan: ...at girls and boys, which focuses on challenging the stereotypes and social expectations around these roles, with some inspirational, hard-hitting women from companies such as Dyson, Airbus and Siemens. I am delighted that the UK is racing to the top of Europe in terms of women’s access to work, sitting 11% above the EU average. That means that women have more of a chance than ever before...
Richard Harrington: I have met Juergen Maier, the chief executive of Siemens UK, to discuss that. At a recent dinner, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced a “Made Smarter” commission and asked Sir Mark Walport to work with Juergen on the development of an industrial strategy challenge for the digitisation of our manufacturing industry.
Diana R. Johnson: Siemens is doing great work in east Yorkshire—in Hull, with a renewables factory, and in Goole, with plans for a train factory—so will the Prime Minister tell me whether she believes there will be the same access to European markets for Siemens once we have left the EU in March 2019?
Lord Davies of Stamford: My Lords, my view is that Brexit is a real and present danger to the prosperity of the country, to future public services, given the likelihood that tax revenues will not be as high as they otherwise would be, to our influence in the world, to the stability of Europe and, not least, to the personal opportunities open to our people now and in future generations. I feel it is my patriotic duty...
Michelle Donelan: Siemens in my constituency has been shortlisted to provide the signalling for HS2, and Chippenham hopes to benefit from the fact that 70% of the new jobs will be outside London. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this project has the potential to benefit the south-west as well?
Baroness Fairhead: ... Pfizer Procter & Gamble (P&G) PSA Roche Group Rolls-Royce Group plc Royal Dutch Shell Plc RWE Sage Group Samsung Saudi Basic Industries (SABIC) Scottish & Southern Energy Siemens SNC-Lavalin Group (Atkins) Softbank Statoil Syngenta Tata Group Telefonica Time Warner Toshiba Toyota Motor Unilever Vodafone Walt Disney
Economic Affairs Committee: The economics of higher, further and technical education.
Witnesses: (at 3:35 PM) Dr Robert Hancké, Associate Professor, London School of Economics Ms Ellen Hazelkorn, Director, Higher Education Policy Institute (at 4:35 PM) Mr Martin Hottass, UK Skills Partner, Siemens Mr Nigel Whitehead, Group Managing Director of UK Business and Chief Technology Officer, BAE Systems Mr Martin Donelan, Regional HR - UK, Rolls-Royce
Lord Berkeley: ...European, if not world suppliers—providing the kit. For the last 10 years, the industry has been fighting, because these suppliers all produce wonderful kit but it is not interoperable. If we got Siemens equipment on a train and Alstom on the track, it did not work. The European Commission and our Government have been trying very hard to get this interoperability, and I think that they...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...comes forward with a deal. Hull should certainly be a part of that, and I look to the noble Lord, Lord Prescott, to use his good offices for Hull and other areas of Yorkshire to come forward. The Siemens issue, as he said, makes Hull unique—as does the noble Lord himself and the lack of BT and the different telecommunications system. There are many things that make a devolution deal...
Ben Bradley: ...lead to long-term employment. I would like to see direct business involvement in education. For example, the University of Lincoln currently offers an engineering programme delivered directly by Siemens. Such involvement allows companies to shape their own highly skilled workforces and provides young people with an open door to quality, long-term employment. Apprenticeships are also a...
Fiona Bruce: I welcome the strategy. Siemens, which has a pioneering digital factory in Congleton, is one of the companies that has led on the recent “Made Smarter” review. Does the Secretary of State agree with the principles behind the review, and that priority should be given to upskilling 1 million industrial workers to enable digital technologies to be successfully exploited, and so put the UK at...
Sajid Javid: ...up. Borrowing: down. Last year, the British economy grew faster than that of any other G7 nation. This week, the CBI said that manufacturing order books have not been this full for almost 30 years. Siemens has said that it is cutting jobs on the continent, but expanding its UK operation, investing more money and creating even more jobs. Whatever way we look at it, this is a Government that...
Lord Henley: In the debate of 15 November I spoke about the recently published Made Smarter Review (30th Oct) led by Juergen Maier, CEO of Siemens UK, which the government commissioned. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, along with colleagues across government including the Department for Education and Department for Culture, Media & Sport, are...