International Relations and Defence Committee
Wednesday 17 November 2021
Witness: Admiral Sir Philip Jones, First Sea Lord (2016-2019), Former First Sea Lord, Royal Navy
Lord Alton asked the former First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Philip Jones, about maritime security – in places like the South China Sea – about our ability to protect British overseas territories, such as the Falkland Islands and Tristan da Chuna, and about the safe disposal of unexplored ordinance on the seabeds around the U.K.