Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, by which criteria are members of the Maritime Enterprise Working Group selected.

The Maritime Enterprise Working Group was set up, following the publication of the National Shipbuilding Strategy, to provide a forum for the UK’s professional marine engineering, science, manufacturing and technology community for addressing issues of common concern to secure a truly competitive, sustainable and globally successful marine engineering and shipbuilding industry.

Membership includes representatives from industry, government and academia, and chaired by an industry champion Peter French and the list of organisations represented is set out in table 1. The Group reviews and selects representatives from industry, government and academia, on an ad hoc basis as necessary.

Table 1