Oral evidence session on Defence Growth Partnership
7 November 2014
The Committee considers its inquiry into Defence Growth Partnership.
Witnesses
2.30pm, Tuesday 11 November 2014, The Wilson Room, Portcullis House
At 2.30 pm
- Sir Brian Burridge, Chair, DGP Technology and Enterprise Team
- Allan Cook, Chair, DGP Skills Team
- Paul Everitt, Chief Executive, ADS
- Mike Maiden, Chairman, Northern Defence Industries Ltd
At 3.30 pm
- Matthew Hancock MP, DGP Co-Chair and Minister for Business and Enterprise, BIS
- Philip Dunne MP, Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Techology, MoD
- Steve Wadey, DGP Industry Co-Chair
The DGP was announced by the Prime Minister at Farnborough 2012 and is jointly led by the Department of Business innovation and Skills and the Defence Industry, with the support of the Ministry of Defence as the UK customer. In September 2013 the DGP published Securing Prosperity—A Strategic Vision for the UK Defence Sector. The document was intended as a “strategic vision for the defence sector” and “identifies the sector’s core strengths and sets out how government and industry will work together to maximise the UK’s competitive advantage to boost British jobs, trade and growth”. On 1 July 2014, the Defence Committee announced its inquiry into the DGP. The DGP Implementation Plan, Delivering Growth: Implementing the strategic vision for the UK Defence Sector, was published on 14 July 2014.