Select Committee · Welsh Affairs Committee

Defence industry in Wales

Status: Closed Opened: 27 Mar 2023 Closed: 28 May 2024

Defence industry in Wales Inquiry Over 160 companies which support the defence sector have operations based in Wales. Amongst these include several prime contractors and a significant network of the SMEs. In addition, the MOD’s Defence & Electronics Components Agency (DECA), based at MOD Sealand in North Wales, also has a £500 million contract with …

Oral evidence sessions

6 sessions
Date Witnesses
15 May 2024 Barnaby Kistruck · Ministry of Defence, James Cartlidge MP · Ministry of Defence, Major General Elizabeth Faithfull-Davies · Defence Equipment and Support View ↗
1 May 2024 Andrew Slade · Welsh Government, Jeremy Miles MS · Welsh Government View ↗
7 Feb 2024 Bobby Manesh · AMRC Cymru, Emma Morgan · Cardiff and Vale College, Professor Caroline Gray OBE · OpTIC Technology Centre, Victoria Searle · Airbus View ↗
29 Nov 2023 Kimberly Northover · Tritech, Peter White · Qioptiq, Russ Wardle · Arcanum Information Security View ↗
15 Nov 2023 Claire Mitchell · Thales, Oriel Petry · Airbus View ↗
25 Oct 2023 Kevin Craven · ADS Group - Aerospace, Defence, Security & Space, Mr John Whalley · Aerospace Wales Forum Ltd, Sue Ferns · Prospect Trade Union, Trevor Taylor · Royal United Services Institute View ↗

Correspondence

1 letter
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23 May 2024 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Jeremy Miles concerning his appearance before the Comm…