The Navy: purpose and procurement

Inquiry by the Defence Committee, 23 April 2021 to 6 December 2022. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• Third Report - “We’re going to need a bigger Navy” (14 December 2021)
• Fifth Special Report - “We’re going to need a bigger Navy”: Government Response to the Committee’s Third Report (25 February 2022)

Evidence sessions

• : David Lockwood CBE, Babcock International Group; Sam McBriar, Thales UK; Glynn Phillips, BAE Systems; Sir John Parker GBE FREng; Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions
• 8 June 2021: Admiral Sir Philip Jones, First Sea Lord (2016-2019); Professor Jonathan Caverley, US Naval War College
• 21 September 2021: Christopher Pyne, Former Australian Minister of Defence; Professor Tetsuo Kotani, Meikai University; Professor Tetsuo Kotani, The Japan Institute of International Affairs
• 2 November 2021: Jeremy Quin MP, Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Defence; Ministry of Defence