Submarines
Defence
Paul Flynn (Newport West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what Public Policy Exclusion Orders under the Competition Act 1998 (a) he and (b) his predecessors have approved since January 2002.
Andrew Robathan (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans), Defence; South Leicestershire, Conservative)
Three orders have been made under the powers conferred by paragraphs 7(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 of the Competition Act 1998 to exclude arrangements from the application of the Competition Act 1998 on the grounds of public policy. They are the Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2006 relating to the repair and maintenance of surface warships, the Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2007 relating to complex weapons and the Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2008 relating to submarine enterprise collaboration. The 2007 Order was revoked by the Competition Act 1998 (Public Policy Exclusion) Order 2011.