Committees

Defence Equipment and Support

Inquiry

This inquiry will examine the work of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), which manages a range of defence equipment and service purchases for the UK’s armed forces. The Committee will consider the strengths and failings of DE&S’ current approach to defence procurement, and whether there are lessons to be learned.

The Sub-Committee welcomes written submissions from all interested parties. However, the Sub-Committee would be particularly grateful to receive submissions from those with direct experience of working with DE&S itself, whether within MoD and the Armed Forces or the defence supply chain. The Committee normally publishes written evidence that meets parliamentary rules. Please state in your submission if you wish for the Committee to keep it confidential or to anonymise it before publication.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:59pm on 28 April 2023.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 21 June 2023
1:30pm Public
Defence Equipment and Support - Oral evidence 21 June 2023
1:30pm
  • Francis Tusa (Editor at Defence Analysis)
  • Robert Clark (Director of Defence & Security at Civitas)
  • Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor (defence) at The Telegraph)
2:30pm
  • James Cartlidge MP, Minister for Defence Procurement
  • Andy Start (CEO, DE&S at Ministry of Defence)
  • David Williams (Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Defence)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Wednesday 7 June 2023
9:00am Public
Defence Equipment and Support - Oral evidence 7 June 2023
9:00am
  • Air Chief Marshal (ret’d) Sir Stephen Hillier (Former Chief of the Air Staff at Ministry of Defence)
  • Lt. Gen (ret’d) Sir Mark Poffley (Former deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability) at Ministry of Defence)
10:00am
  • Herman Claesen (Managing Director Future Combat Air System at BAE Systems plc)
  • Paul Livingston (Chief Executive at Lockheed Martin UK)
11:00am
  • Lord Peter Levene (Author at Defence Reform 2011)
Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 17 May 2023
9:30am Public
Defence Equipment and Support - Oral evidence 17 May 2023
9:30am
  • Lucia Retter (Research Lead at RAND Europe)
  • Matt Uttley (Chair in Defence Studies at King’s College London)
  • Professor John Louth, independent author and defence analyst
10:30am
  • Sir Bernard Gray, former Chief of Defence Materiel and author of Defence Reform
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

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