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That the Parliament acknowledges that BAE Systems Naval Ships has named its new shipbuilding assembly hall at Govan Shipyard on the River Clyde in Glasgow after the pioneering female shipyard electrician, Janet Harvey; understands that Janet Harvey, who passed away at the age of 101 in 2023, joined the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Co Ltd in 1940 at the age of 18, and that she was one of few women working in the male-dominated shipbuilding workforce on the Clyde at that time; acknowledges what it considers to be the significant efforts of the female Clyde shipbuilding workforce during the Second World War and ever since; understands that the Janet Harvey Hall, which started construction in October 2023 and is scheduled for completion later in 2024, utilises more than 6,000 tonnes of steel and 20,000 cubic metres of concrete, and will accommodate up to 500 workers per shift and provide a controlled environment that shields the shipbuilding process from adverse weather conditions for the first time in the shipyard's 160-year history, ensuring uninterrupted progress and higher productivity; notes that the new hall, at 81 metres wide, 170 metres long and 49 metres high, will be one of Scotland's largest buildings, equipped with two 100-tonne Goliath cranes and two auxiliary 20-tonne overhead travelling cranes, enabling at least two ships to be built simultaneously under cover and in single hull format, and understands that this forms part of a £300 million modernisation and digitalisation project by BAE Systems at its Govan and Scotstoun shipyards in Glasgow, and that it is expected to sustain approximately 1,700 jobs in Scotland and 2,300 jobs across the wider UK supply chain, contributing to both the local and national economy.
Supported by:
Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Foysol Choudhury, Bob Doris, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Kenneth Gibson, Ruth Maguire, Alex Rowley, Annie Wells, Martin Whitfield