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Thursday 25th November 2010 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I thank the Secretary of State.

[George Hollingbery (Meon Valley) (Con)]

Will the Minister give a brief account of progress on the FiReControl contract?

[Robert Neill]

The Government inherited the FiReControl contract from the previous Government. As I have indicated to the House already, we have concerns about the contractor’s persistent delays in delivery. In consequence, on 8 November, we placed the contractor in material breach, which requires a response within 20 working days.