Did you mean fleet sold support?
Bill Esterson: ...even dream of giving a contract for warships to an overseas company. There is no guarantee that the Spanish consortium awarded that £1.6 billion contract will use UK-made steel in producing those fleet solid support ships. Other countries take a more strategic approach. The United States has the Inflation Reduction Act, with strong commitments to the transition to low-carbon steel...
Alex Burghart: If the hon. Gentleman is talking about fleet solid support ships, they are built to a British design. There is a huge amount of construction in Belfast and Appledore—the final assembly is completed in Belfast—bringing shipbuilding back to Northern Ireland. This is an enormous opportunity for levelling up and bringing jobs into exactly the sort of shipyards around the country that I am...
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's written statement of 18 January 2022 on Statement made on Shipbuilding Update, if he will place a copy of the contract in the House of Commons Library.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Shipbuilding Update, published on 18 January 2023, HCWS502, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the build work that will take place in Cadiz.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Shipbuilding Update, published on 18 January 2023, HCWS502, if he will make an estimate of the number of supply chain jobs that will be created in the UK.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Shipbuilding Update, published on 18 January 2023, HCWS502, whether he has placed any contractual guarantees on the number of jobs that will be created in the UK.
Alex Chalk: Today I am providing an update on our plans for the next stage of the Fleet Solid Support ship programme. I am pleased to announce that the Ministry of Defence has placed a contract with a value of around £1.6 billion (linked to CPI) for the manufacture of three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships by Team Resolute. This is an excellent deal for the taxpayer and will strengthen and secure the...
Mick Whitley: ...that failed to take wider social, economic and environmental considerations properly into account. The news, only a week later, that the Ministry of Defence had awarded the contract for the new fleet solid support ships to a Spanish-led consortium made the blow even harder to bear. Ministers have stated time and again that they intend to reaffirm value for money as the foundational...
...forces’ combat effectiveness has dropped by more than 50%. The Russian air force is conducting tens of missions a day, as opposed to 300 a day back in March. Russia’s much-vaunted Black Sea fleet is little more than a coastal defence flotilla. Kremlin-paid mercenaries are faring no better. Hundreds were recently killed by a strike on a headquarters used by the paramilitary Wagner Group...
Chris Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2022 to Question 61035 on Fleet Solid Support Ships: Shipbuilding, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the procurement process.
Ben Wallace: ...forces’ combat effectiveness has dropped by more than 50%. The Russian air force is conducting tens of missions a day, as opposed to 300 a day back in March. Russia’s much-vaunted Black sea fleet is little more than a coastal defence flotilla. Kremlin-paid mercenaries are faring no better. Hundreds were recently killed by a strike on a headquarters used by the paramilitary Wagner Group...
Alex Chalk: ...) on 10 February 2022 Vessel not included on 30 Year Cross-Government Shipbuilding Pipeline in the National Shipbuilding Strategy Refresh Queen Elizabeth Class Docking, Ministry of Defence Support (UK-only competition) £34 million Awarded to Babcock (UK) on 15 March 2022 Type 26 Batch 2, Ministry of Defence Build (single source) £4.2 billion Awarded to BAE Systems (UK) on...
Kevan Jones: ...to the Rt hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne on 12 December, if he will provide a breakdown of the 2,000 jobs in UK (a) shipyards and (b) supply chains which will be created through the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date Harland & Wolff was notified that Team Resolute had been selected as the preferred bidder for the Fleet Solid Support Ship contract.
Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans a Fleet Solid Support Ship contract will be signed with Team Resolute.
John Healey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the expected (a) in service and (b) out of service date is for the Fleet Solid Support Ships programme.
Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the design by Team Resolute will use only UK steel for the Fleet Solid Support ships.
Kevan Jones: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the response from the Minister for Defence Procurement to hon. Member for Leyton and Wanstead of 12 December 2022, by what definition the Fleet Solid Support Ships will be built in the UK.
Dave Doogan: All credit to Babcock—maybe the Minister will join me in congratulating it—for securing the Natural Environmental Research Council’s £45 million fleet renewal programme. Of course, Babcock and BAE should be gearing up to do 100% of the fleet solid support ships in a distributed model across the UK, but they are not, because this Tory Government have awarded a £1.6 billion contract for...
John Spellar: May I take the Minister back to the subject of the fleet solid support ships? I realise that he is new to the job, but he has been ducking and diving during earlier exchanges. The prime contractor, as Ministers have admitted, is Navantia. What guarantees have they obtained that the boats will be built in the United Kingdom—especially the first in class—and in respect of the numbers of...