I asked the Prime Minister on the 11th January 2012 to congratulate Bombardier for securing its new £188 million contract

Submitted by Heather on 13 January 2012 - 3:04pm

On Wednesday the 11th of January I took the opportunity to ask the Prime Minister, in the first Prime Minister Questions after the Christmas break, to congratulate Bombardier and the Secretary of State for Transport for securing a new £188 million contract for the UK train-maker in Derbyshire.

 
As I have already noted on my website, Bombardier has successfully secured a contract to build 130 rail carriages for the Southern rail company for use on their routes in London, Surrey, Sussex and Kent. The contract was secured with the help of a £80 million subsidy from the Government.
 
The Prime Minister said he had congratulated everyone at Bombardier for winning the contract, further stating that he wants the government to be a good customer of British firms, and to work with its supply chain.
 
I welcomed the Prime Ministers statements. I am dedicated to seeing Derbyshire continue to be a successful train manufacturing centre. We need to ensure that future contracts are not lost to companies based outside of Britain.
 
I will continue to work alongside the Government to ensure that the mistakes of the last Government in the rail procurement process are not repeated.

 

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