Kevan Jones with Trevor Watkins, Programme Manager, UK Chinook In-Service Support at the Gosport site
Kevan Jones, MP for North Durham, continued his Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT) Fellowship by visiting Boeing’s Gosport operations.
During his visit, the MP for North Durham focused on Boeing’s UK based operations with the RAF Chinook, looking at its In-Service Supports as well as recent modifications and upgrades.
During a tour of the facilities Trevor Watkins, Programme Manager at Boeing Defence Systems UK, provided Mr Jones with an overview of Boeing Defence UK. Mr Jones was also briefed about the UK rotorcraft support, a division of Boeing Defence UK focused on providing increased capability to the UK’s military rotorcraft fleet.
The former Shadow Defence Minister is currently undertaking his Fellowship in the aerospace industry, to further his knowledge in this area. This visit follows a previous visit with Boeing at their International Training Centre at Farnborough and Fleet.
Commenting on his Visit, Kevan Jones MP said:
“I have enjoyed my visit to Boeing today; and it really complimented my previous visit to Farnborough and Fleet. The information gathered today will certainly be useful in future contributions I make in the chamber on these issues, and I would like to thank the staff at Boeing who took the time to speak to me and show me around”
Trevor Watkins, Programme Manager, from Boeing added:
“It was a pleasure to host Kevan today and it was great to see how interested he was in the work we do here. It was great to see a parliamentarian have a real passion for the work we do, and I hope we are able to continue to make healthy relationships with Parliamentarians.”
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· The Industry and Parliament Trust (IPT) is a registered charity dedicated to promoting mutual understanding between Parliament, business, industry and commerce for the public benefit. This is achieved by encouraging dialogue between legislators and wealth generators from all sectors of business. The IPT is independent, non-partisan and non-lobbying.
· Fellowships are bespoke placements in industry for MPs, MEPs and peers structured around a set of learning objectives dictated by each parliamentarian at the beginning of their programme. Fellowships are non-lobbying, non-partisan and educational in ethos and are supported across Parliament. There are currently 58 parliamentarians undertaking a Fellowship. There have been over 500 Fellows since the IPT was founded in 1977.
