§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members of the National Defence Industries Council.
§ Mr. PattieThe National Defence Industries Council comprises Government Ministers and officials and members of the Defence Industries Council. It is chaired by the Secretary of State for Defence. The current members of the National Defence Industries Council are as follows:
Ministry of Defence
- Secretary of State for Defence (Chairman)
- Minister of State for Defence Procurement
- Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence Procurement
- Chief of Defence Staff
- Permanent Under Secretary
- Chief of Defence Procurement
- Chief Scientific Adviser
- Controller of the Navy
- Master General of the Ordnance
- Controller Aircraft
- Controller R & D Establishments Research and Nuclear
- Head of Defence Sales
- Deputy Under Secretary (Policy) (Procurement Executive)
Department of Trade and Industry
- Minister of State for Industry
- Deputy Secretaries (two)
Defence Industries Council Chairman:
- Sir Robert Hunt
- Chairman
- Dowty Group PLC
Individual Members
- J. D. Alun-Jones Esq.
- Chief Executive and Managing Director
- Ferranti PLC
- Sir Basil Blackwell
- Vice Chairman and Chief Executive
- Westland Aircraft PLC
- Sir John Clark
- Chairman and Chief Executive
- The Plessey Company PLC
- J. G. Day Esq.
- Chairman and Chief Executive
- British Shipbuilders