questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the National Shipbuilding Office has the power to (a) award and (b) veto contracts to industry for shipbuilding procurement programmes.
answerText: The National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) does not have the power to award or veto any shipbuilding contracts – that authority sits with the department responsible for the procurement. The NSO seeks to work collaboratively and proactively with any authority ...
heading: National Shipbuilding Office