Gray Report

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 2:30 pm ar 2 Tachwedd 2009.

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Photo of Quentin Davies Quentin Davies Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Defence Equipment and Support) 2:30, 2 Tachwedd 2009

In the light of the hon. Gentleman's concern-he is trying to make a party political point-I think he has fundamentally misunderstood something important: the Haddon-Cave report, although it produced some very serious and worrying conclusions, is focused on the issue of airworthiness, whereas the Gray report is entirely about procurement. Clearly, we take into account in our procurement reforms-about which I have already made a statement-any relevant conclusions from the Haddon-Cave report, but the prime issue in that report is the procedures for delivering airworthiness certificates for our aircraft.

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Kenneth McNaught
Posted on 3 Tach 2009 8:03 pm (Report this annotation)

Davies has clearly not read the Haddon-Cave report, which makes explicit reference to the Gray report.