HC Deb 29 March 1976 vol 908 c383W
Mr. Goodhart

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will list the 40 items of relatively low-priced equipment in the Army's general programme mentioned in paragraph 63 of Chapter I of the Defence White Paper which will be reduced, deferred or cancelled.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

No, Sir. I have nothing to add to my reply to the hon. Member for Tynemouth (Mr. Trotter) on 22nd March.—[Vol. 908, c. 25–6.]

Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will give examples of the items of Army equipment to be deferred, reduced or not procured as a result of the defence cuts outlined on page 24 of Command Paper No. 6432.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

Four illustrative examples are:

  1. (a) The running on of some types of recovery vehicles rather than developing new ones;
  2. (b) Reducing the requirement for electricity generators;
  3. (c) Increased use of commercial vehicle designs;
  4. (d) Cancellation of power traverse for Scorpion.