§ Mr. Denzil Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Defence who are the members of the National Defence Industries Council.
§ Mr. Pattie[pursuant to his reply, 25 April 1984, c. 506]: I regret that the list of members was incomplete and should have been 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
620 - 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)
- Sir Ernest Harrison (Chairman and Chief Executive Racal Electronics PLC)
- Sir Trevor Holdsworth (Chairman GKN Group PLC)
- R. G. C. Messervy Esq. (Chairman Lucas Industries PLC)
- Sir Austin Pearce (Chairman British Aerospace PLC)
- D. J. Pepper Esq. (Vice-Chairman Rolls-Royce Limited)
- D. A. S. Plastow Esq. (Chief Executive Vickers PLC)
- Sir Robert Telford (Chairman The Marconi Company Limited)
Ex-Officio Members:
- D. Rowley Esq. (President Electronic Engineering Association)
- P. E. G. Bates Esq. (President Society of British Aerospace Companies)
- Lord Gregson (President Defence Manufacturers Association)
- Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (papers only)
- Air Marshal Sir Charles Pringle (Secretary, Defence Industries Council)
Members of the Defence Industries Council other than ex-officio members attend in their own right. The secretariat of the National Defence Industries Council is provided by MOD officials.