MoD, shipbuilding, parker
CANCELLED: UK National Shipbuilding Strategy
20 January 2017
The Defence Committee's evidence session with Sir John Parker GBE FREng, Independent Chairman, National Shipbuilding Strategy, has been postponed until further notice. Further details will be announced in due course.
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Witness
Tuesday 24 January 2017, Committee Room 8, Palace of Westminster
At 11.30am
- Sir John Parker GBE FREng, Independent Chairman, National Shipbuilding Strategy
Purpose of the session
This is a one-off session to consider Sir John Parker’s Independent Report to inform the UK National Shipbuilding Strategy, which the Government expect to publish in spring 2017. Specific areas the Committee are likely to consider are:
- MoD management of programmes and funding
- Design and build times
- Virtual shipbuilding strategy
- Exports
- Shipbuilding and dockyards
- Workforce
- Current programmes
The Committee will also raise its conclusions and recommendations of its report: Restoring the Fleet: Naval Procurement and the National Shipbuilding Strategy.