BAE Systems Military Air & Information Sites: Job Losses

Thank you, Mr Speaker, for allowing this urgent question. Today’s announcement by BAE Systems has...

I commend the hon. Gentleman and many of his colleagues for their absolutely resolute support bot...

I call the good doctor—Dr Julian Lewis.

When BAE Systems says to the Government that this is normal business practice, will the Governmen...

My right hon. Friend is right to remind us that we spend almost £4 billion in procuring products ...

Employees and families across the country will be hit hard by the news that has come from BAE tod...

I am entirely in agreement with the hon. Lady about the need to engage closely to understand the ...

The tranche 3 variant of the Typhoon aircraft, especially when equipped with the new electronical...

I am nervously rising to answer a question from my right hon. Friend, who knows more about this t...

This morning’s news is deeply worrying for BAE workforces across the UK, and we have only just he...

I appreciate that point, and of course the hon. Lady is right to speak for those who may be conce...

As the Member of Parliament for Warton, where final assembly of Hawk and Typhoon takes place and ...

My hon. Friend makes the case very powerfully. Of course, at Warton there are some additional ben...

The Red Arrows renewal programme is well overdue and is entirely in the Government’s gift. If it ...

I am sure that the hon. Gentleman’s pulses beat a little faster when the Red Arrows come over, as...

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is somewhat concerning, if not a little peculiar, that those wh...

My right hon. Friend knows that I share her position. I would make the point that these are poten...

The bottom line is that, had exports gone to plan, these sites would not be in this position. We ...

I commend the hon. Gentleman, and the people he represents in Barrow, for flying the flag and doi...

BAE Systems is a vital employer in my constituency. It maintains the Typhoon jets that fly from R...

We will of course spend at least 2% of our national income on the defence budget. We will do all ...

What are Her Majesty’s Government doing to sell the Type 31e frigate to the United States? The Se...

The hon. Gentleman will know that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International T...

I spoke to BAE this morning as soon as I heard the news. What support will the Department for Wor...

The Department for Work and Pensions has a well tried, tested and effective rapid response deploy...

I am afraid the Minister really does not get it. When the French, the Americans or the Russians p...

The right hon. Gentleman is brave to mention the former Prime Minister’s name. Of course this is ...

BAE’s huge contribution to skills, jobs and exports depends not least on cross-party political su...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to point out that this is a very dynamic business, which has t...

Our thoughts are with the workforce and their families who have received such devastating news. L...

Like me, I am sure the hon. Lady is very pleased that we now have an industrial strategy that foc...

What actions is the Minister taking to ensure that all the young people who have started apprenti...

The hon. Lady is right to highlight the vital role of apprentices. I think we are all proud of th...

The job cuts at Warton and Samlesbury are twice what they were in November 2015, so it is not sur...

We stand by ready to understand any potential impact, once the scale of any job reductions is kno...

I have constituents who are BAE employees and, even though they are perhaps not directly affected...

I refer to my earlier answer about the level of UK Government investment in Scotland, particularl...

The Minister will win no friends in east Yorkshire by saying that people who might be made redund...

The hon. Lady speaks passionately on behalf of her constituents. To put this in context, we are t...

I worked at the Unite trade union when this country was faced with the steel crisis. This Governm...

I lead for the Government on the steel industry. Indeed, I am working with the steel sector on it...

It has been a bad week for the defence industry. These job losses come on top of rumours that the...

I gently say that the hon. Gentleman should focus more on the facts and less on the rumours. We h...

The Minister talks about seeing things in perspective, but the perspective is this: the loss of 7...

As I said, we are keen to work closely with the company as it goes through this process. The offe...

When I worked at BAE Systems, more than 1,700 of my colleagues across the British shipbuilding in...

The hon. Gentleman raises the point—I defer to his considerable knowledge of the company—that com...

The latest announcement of the loss of 400 jobs in Brough will be devastating to communities such...

The hon. Lady should be incredibly proud of the fact that one of the highest rates of jobs creati...

In order to be competitive, we have to retain the skills that it looks like we are going to lose,...

I am happy to look at the sums, but I am sure that the hon. Gentleman understands that we have to...

Some 750 of these potential job losses are in Lancashire, which rightly worries many of my consti...

We are right at the start of the process. Indeed, the company was not supposed to make the announ...

Those of us with constituents who work in the supply chain for BAE Systems, as well as those who ...

This is not about managing decline. We have a record number of people in work and have committed ...

The Minister has made a great deal of what was said at the Labour party conference, but what impa...

I commend the hon. Lady for doing her homework. As the company goes through its normal business p...