A leading MP has voiced concerns about the integrity of UK military secrets after it was reported that a British weapons expert had given talks in China.
Clive Woodley, who was principal scientist at defence firm Qinetiq from 2001 to 2018, spoke at a Chinese weapons industry conference as recently as October, according to news website Unherd.
Most of Mr Woodley’s research has been funded by the Ministry of Defence, it said.
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Tom Tugendhat, co-chair of the China Research Group, an organisation of Tory MPs, said: “This case raises serious concerns about the integrity of our military secrets and the level of cooperation between a British expert and a potentially hostile state.”
Mr Woodley, described as a ballistics expert, is currently a visiting researcher at Imperial College London’s Institute of Shock Physics.
Qinetiq, where he previously worked, was spun out of the MoD’s research agency…
