Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 14 September 2021 to Question 40765, on National Flagship, who was responsible for producing the artist's impression of the future national flagship, released to the media on 30 May 2021.

The artist’s impression was privately commissioned by a Non-Executive Director of the Royal Navy, who has been assisting the National Flagship project Board. The illustration has no official standing and does not represent any pre-conception or guide to a preferred design for the National Flagship.