Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-08.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for Defence Procurement on 24 November 2015, Official Report, column 1254, in what ways his Department plans to exercise oversight of the Successor submarine programme.

Greg Hands

The Successor delivery organisation that was announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will be overseen by the Ministry of Defence. As with any major programme of this scale an appropriate scrutiny process is in place.