§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Wirral, South (Mr. Chapman) of 10 July 2000,Official Report, columns 377–78W, he will set out the (a) duties of and (b) responsibilities undertaken in his Department by (a) Professor Sir David Davies, (b) Sir Charles Masefield and (c) Mr. M. J. V. Bell in the 10 years prior to the private sector appointments listed. [130804]
§ Dr. MoonieProfessor Sir David Davies joined the Ministry of Defence on a fixed-term appointment in October 1993 as the Chief Scientific Adviser. His duties were to provide high level advice on current and future issues having a scientific content and technical implications. He chaired both the Equipment Approvals Committee, which evaluated all major defence equipment procurement, and the Defence Research Committee that had oversight of the Ministry of Defence's Research Policy and Programme. His appointment terminated on 30 March 1999.
Sir Charles Masefield was seconded to the Ministry of Defence from British Aerospace in September 1994 to fill the appointment of Head of Defence Export Services. In this role, he was responsible for supporting British defence companies in their export activities.
Mr. Michael Bell joined the Ministry of Defence in 1965. Between 1988 and 1992, he was Deputy Under-Secretary (Finance), the Ministry of Defence's Principal Finance Officer. He then became Deputy Under-Secretary (Defence Procurement)—later retitled Deputy Chief of Defence Procurement (Support)—where he managed the Procurement Executive's support functions including personnel, finance, contracts and procurement policy. He held this appointment until he was 13W seconded to British Aerospace in 1996 as their Project Director European Consolidation, a member of the company's team responsible for the development and implementation of strategy for European consolidation.