HC Deb 27 July 1998 vol 317 c41W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to make an appointment for the head of Smart Procurement. [51928]

Mr. George Robertson

Smart Procurement is an initiative to improve our structures and processes for equipping the Armed Forces, rather than an organisation. The Chief of Defence Procurement, as present head of the Procurement Executive and as its Chief Executive when it becomes a defence agency, will continue to be responsible for delivering the equipment programme efficiently and effectively.