HC Deb 23 January 1987 vol 108 cc823-4W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) on what authority General Stopford was asked to ascertain directly from Mr. Trafford Broughton his attitude to the BBC Panorama programme on the DROPS contract;

(2) on what dates General Stopford sought to ascertain directly from Mr. Trafford Broughton his attitude to the DROPS contract;

(3) what was the source of his information that Mr. Trafford Broughton's conversation with General Stopford accorded exactly with the line volunteered on a separate occasion at the British Army equipment exhibition to the Chief of Defence Procurement and Brigadier Last;

(4) whether he will publish in the Official Report a report of the conversation between Mr. Trafford Broughton, the Chief of Defence Procurement and Brigadier Last at the British Army equipment exhibition;

(5) on what authority Brigadier Last and the Chief of Defence Procurement sought at the British Army equipment exhibition to ascertain Mr. Trafford Broughton's attitude to the Panorama programme on the DROPS contract.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

I will answer shortly.