Procurement (Hansard, 3 April 1990)

§ 31. Mr. Murphy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for the organisation of his procurement services of the activities of the defence contractors' lobbyists.

§ 67. Mr. McCartney
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for the organisation of his procurement services of the activities of the defence contractors' lobbyists.
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§ 98. Mr. Nigel Griffiths
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for the organisation of his procurement services of the activities of the defence contractors' lobbyists.

§ 99. Mr. McFall
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for the organisation of his procurement services of the activities of the defence contractors' lobbyists.

§ Mr. Alan Clark
None. I would regard the representations of the defence contractors' lobbyists as being of a lower level of importance than those of right hon. and hon. Members with a constituency interest.

§ 77. Mr. Viggers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on programmes for joint procurement for equipment within NATO.

§ Mr. Alan Clark
There are many programmes for joint procurement of defence equipment between NATO nations. The conference of national armaments directors (CNAD) and the independent European programme group (IEPG) have an important role to play. In addition, groups of NATO nations may decide on a joint programme outside these formal structures. A current list of joint procurements in which the United Kingdom participates is published annually in the statement on the Defence Estimates.