Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will assess his Department's relationship with private companies based at MOD St Athan.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) fully understands the importance of this development in Wales, and is therefore working with the Welsh Government to ensure the success of the transition to a wholly civil operation by 2019. However, since the private companies based at MOD St Athan are clients of the Welsh Government, the only relationships which they hold are with the Welsh Government.