HC Deb 27 July 1989 vol 157 c903W
Mr. Rogers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the current collaborative projects or co-operative arrangements that involve the French.

Mr. Alan Clark

A list of the collaborative equipment projects in which both the United Kingdom and France participate, reflecting the position as at 1 March 1989, appears at table 6, chapter 4 of volume 1 of the Statement on the Defence Estimates 1989.

In addition, an Anglo-French reciprocal purchasing initiative was launched in September 1987. Under this initiative, we have set up machinery to establish closer links between the two countries and each now publishes its contract opportunities in bulletins available to industry in both countries.