§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how long after he ceased to be Head of Defence Export Services Sir Charles Masefield joined the Board of GEC; and if he will make a statement. [73267]
§ Mr. SpellarSir Charles Masefield joined GEC on 14 December 1998, the day that Mr. Tony Edwards succeeded him as Head of Defence Export Services, HDES. Sir Charles originally joined the MOD on 1 September 1994 on secondment from his previous employer, Airbus Industrie, a subsidiary of BAe. As a secondee, we would have expected Sir Charles to return to industry on completion of the HDES appointment.