Stator vane assembly

A stator vane assembly comprising inner and outer support rings connected by an annular array of stator vanes at locations around the support rings, at least one of said stator vanes in said array being a separate, pre-formed stator vane which is slidably connected to one or both of the support rings for radial movement relative to the respective support ring thereby to accommodate relative radial expansion of the support rings, wherein at least one of the support rings comprises a fixed locating element, and the stator vane is a bent sheet metal blank which is detachably clipped around the outside of the or each respective locating element, the vane being configured for radial telescopic movement relative to the fixed locating element.