Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2021 to Question 62586 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, if he will list the (a) names of the people on the Defence Safety and Environment Committee and (b) dates on which that committee has met since January 2021.

The members of the Defence Safety and Environment Committee (DSEC) are:

• David Williams (Permanent Secretary)
• Laurence Lee (2nd Permanent Secretary)
• Admiral Sir Tim Fraser (Vice Chief of the Defence Staff)
• Air Marshal Richard Knighton (Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Military Capability))
• Admiral Sir Ben Key (First Sea Lord)
• General Sir Mark-Carleton Smith (Chief of the General Staff)
• Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston (Chief of Air the Staff)
• General Sir Patrick Sanders (Commander UK Strategic Command)
• Vanessa Nicholls (Director General Nuclear)
• Sir Simon Bollom (Chief Executive Defence Equipment and Support)
• Graham Dalton (Chief Executive Defence Infrastructure Organisation)
• Lt General James Swift (Chief of Defence People)
• Mike Baker (Chief Operating Officer)
• Doug Umbers (Chief Executive Defence Science and Technology Laboratory)
• Ian Booth (Chief Executive Submarine Delivery Agency)
• David King (Director Health Safety and Environmental Protection)
• James Clare (Director Climate Change and Sustainability)
• Tim Steeds (Non-Executive Director)
• Lt General (Retd) Richard Nugee (Non-Executive Director)

The DSEC meets four times per year and has so far met on 25 March, 29 July and 7 September in 2021. It will next meet on 1 December 2021.