§ Mr. Gerald HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his written statement of 19 July 2004,Official Report, column 1WS, on the Future Aircraft Carrier, what role his Department will play in the proposed alliance on the CVF Programme; and what proportion of the risk he estimates his Department will assume. [186642]
§ Mr. HoonDiscussions continue with a view to agreeing the roles and responsibilities of Alliance participants, including the risk and reward share arrangements. These are progressing well, the outcome will be announced in due course.
It is planned that an Alliance Management Board (AMB) comprising the leaders of each participant organisation, will lead and collectively manage the project. As in commercial alliancing, the AMB will be led by the MOD as the client.