Written Question
Thursday 13th December 2018
Asked by:
Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 6 December 2018 to Question 198212 on Global Navigation Satellite Systems: Costs, what funds his Department has allocated to the proposed Global Navigation Satellite System.
Answered by Chris Skidmore
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has allocated £97 million in relation to the work to develop options for a UK Global Navigation Satellite System. This comprises the £92m for the Engineering, Design and Development Phase and £5m incurred on initial feasibility study work.
Written Question
Thursday 6th December 2018
Asked by:
Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the UK Armed Forces will be able to access the proposed Global Navigation Satellite System.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
Global Satellite Navigation Systems have a very wide range of uses and all of the current systems have clear civil, security and defence utility. The UK GNSS would offer additional capabilities for use by the Government including by the Ministry of Defence.
The UK Space Agency is leading the Engineering Design and Development Phase announced by my rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister in August with the full support of the Ministry of Defence. This phase will develop plans for a possible UK system.
Written Question
Thursday 6th December 2018
Asked by:
Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the proposed Global Navigation Satellite System.
Answered by Lord Harrington of Watford
A UK Global Navigation Satellite System could cost between £3-5 billion over a ten year period. My rt. hon. Friend the Prime Minister announced in August an Engineering Design and Development Phase which will develop plans for a UK system. This will involve developing more detailed cost estimates.
Written Question
Wednesday 18th July 2018
Asked by:
Nia Griffith (Labour - Llanelli)
Question
to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Environment and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement of 9 July 2018, on Leaving the EU: Defence and Military Aerospace Industry, Official Report, column 694, how many civil servants are part of the cross-departmental group; and from which departments those civil servants are drawn.
Answered by Sam Gyimah
A cross-Departmental steering group has been established to oversee the work to develop options for a UK GNSS. The steering group comprises 11 officials from the UK Space Agency, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the Ministry of Defence, the Cabinet Office, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 Oct 2017
BAE Systems Military Air & Information Sites: Job Losses
"Employees and families across the country will be hit hard by the news that has come from BAE today. The loss of nearly 2,000 highly skilled jobs is nothing short of devastating for communities and local economies that have a proud history of defence manufacturing. Moreover, if these redundancies go …..."Nia Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 08 Sep 2016
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016
"I was pleased to hear the Minister speak of strengthening enforcement, which is essential both to protect workers and to stop unscrupulous employers undermining responsible ones, but she must keep up the pressure to ensure that better enforcement becomes a reality. When the former Chancellor, the right hon. Member for …..."Nia Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 08 Sep 2016
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016
"The national minimum wage was introduced for 22-year-olds and over, not for 25-year-olds and over, in 1999. That is the important point...."Nia Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 08 Sep 2016
Draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016
"Ten years later, it was reduced from 22 to 21.
If there is a valid argument that there is a higher unemployment rate among 21 to 25-year-olds and that depressing the wages of this group compared with the wages of those aged over 25 will make employers more likely to …..."Nia Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2016
Paris Agreement on Climate Change
"Under the last Labour Government, we in the UK took the initiative and developed the Climate Change Act 2008, a world first. We really should continue to take the lead on the world stage. I was therefore disappointed to hear the Minister say today that he cannot give us a …..."Nia Griffith - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2016
Paris Agreement on Climate Change
"The figure that has been given is 800,000 homes—that is just one project and it could be repeated elsewhere. That number of homes heated is the size of a substantial town, so it is very worth while...."Nia Griffith - View Speech
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