Six Indian parliamentarians toured the UK’s brand new aircraft
carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, on 16 January 2020 as part of the
UK-India Chevening Parliamentarian Fellowship Programme.
HMS Prince of Wales is one of two Royal Navy aircraft carriers
and was commissioned on 10 December 2019. Its sister aircraft
carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, will operate in the Indian Ocean
Region on her first operational deployment in 2021.
The parliamentarians are in the UK for a week, focusing on five
UK-India priorities: climate change, public healthcare,
parliamentary democracy, finance, and defence and security. They
were also hosted in the House of Lords, met the Chief Executive
of University College London Hospital, and discussed
cybersecurity at the University of Portsmouth.
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Hi-resolution images of the parliamentarians touring the HMS
Prince of Wales can be downloaded from our Flickr page.
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The Chevening Parliamentarian Fellowship Programme is a week
long programme in the UK which gives Indian MPs the
opportunity to discuss key contemporary issues impacting the
world with counterparts and other senior interlocutors in the
UK. The MPs are meeting the UK’s top opinion formers and
decision-makers to exchange ideas, solutions and develop
future networks and contacts. The tailor-made programme
focuses on leadership, international relations, social and
public policy as well as issues relevant to both India and
the UK such as clean energy, health, education and smart
cities. The programme is hosted by London School of Economics
(LSE).
