§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the periods of service and the nature of duties with his Department of General Sir Donald Isles; and whether, as part of his duties, General Sir Donald Isles had any functional supervision of, or responsibility for, Mr. Gordon Foxley. [30061]
§ Mr. FreemanMajor General Donald Isles served in the general staff in the Ministry of Defence from 1968 to 1971; in the Royal Armaments Research and Development Establishment from 1971 to 1972; as director of munitions with the British defence staff in Washington from 1972 to 1975; as director of munitions with the British defence staff in Washington from 1972 to 1975; and as Director General Weapons (Army) in the Ministry of Defence from 1975 to 1978, responsible for managing the procurement of a wide range of weapons systems for the Army. In the last of these appointments, he was a senior line manager to Mr. Gordon Foxley, who was at that time an assistant director in his organisation.