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.
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 ...
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