§ 14. Mr. G. Brownasked the Minister of Defence if he will make a further statement on the provision to Great Britain by the United States of America of information on solid rocket fuels.
§ Mr. SandysThere is a full exchange of information on solid rocket fuels between H.M. Government and the Government of the United States.
§ Mr. BrownThe Question does not ask about the exchange of information. It asks about the provision to us in a more active sense. Is the Minister saying that the position is still the same as when he last answered my Question on this matter and that there are no joint arrangements between us and America to provide solid rocket fuel for use in missiles here?
§ Mr. SandysI have read the right hon. Gentleman's Question again. He says that it is nothing to do with information. It asks whether I will make a further statement on the provision of information on solid rocket fuels to Great Britain by the United States' Government. I gave him the Answer. In answer to his supplementary question, there is complete exchange of information and close collaboration on the development of these fuels. Up till now the fuel which I think the right hon. Gentleman has in mind has been developed in the United States. As the right hon. Gentleman knows, negotiations are going on between the American firm concerned and the British firm concerned for the further development and production of that fuel here in the United Kingdom.