§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any former Royal Navy commander now employed by Rolls-Royce and Associates has been hired back by the MOD, Navy Department, to carry out the same duties that he previously discharged as an officer in the Royal Navy.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonNo, but a Rolls-Royce and Associates employee, a former Royal Navy commander previously involved in the management of the Trident works facilities at the Clyde submarine base, Faslane, has been engaged to provide some essential short-term assistance to the Department's shiplift project team.