Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commit to meeting with Unite the Union to discuss working collaboratively to prevent the loss of rail manufacturing jobs at Alstom and its supply chain.

We are in close discussions with Alstom about its plans for the future of its Derby site and about the potential for redundancies among its workforce and onsite contractors. I will be meeting with Unite the Union on 19^th December to discuss what action can be taken to keep the Derby site open and minimise the loss of rail manufacturing jobs.