Aircraft Carriers

(asked on 11th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what witnesses with maritime warfare expertise they provided to the Public Accounts Committee's oral evidence session on delivering Carrier Strike on 28 September 2020.


Answered by
Baroness Goldie Portrait
Baroness Goldie
This question was answered on 19th January 2021

The witnesses to the Public Accounts Committee oral evidence session on Delivering Carrier Strike on 28 September 2020 were Sir Stephen Lovegrove, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Defence; Air Marshal Richard Knighton CB, Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) for Carrier Enabled Power Projection and Deputy Chief of Defence Staff - Military Capability, Charlie Pate, Director General Finance; Sir Simon Bollom, Chief Executive Officer, Defence Equipment Services.

Their full biography can be found at the links below.

Sir Stephen Lovegrove

https://www.gov.uk/government/people/stephen-lovegrove

Charlie Pate

https://www.gov.uk/government/people/charlie-pate

Air Marshall Richard Knighton

https://www.gov.uk/government/people/richard-knighton

Sir Simon Bollom

https://www.gov.uk/government/people/simon-bollom

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