§ Mr. Allan StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those contracts his Department has with Blue Circle Industries plc and its subsidiaries.
§ Mr. NeubertWe have no current headquarters contracts with Blue Circle Industries plc. Information on subsidiary companies could be provided only at disproportionate costs and, in any event, it is not our custom to release details of individual contracts for reasons of commercial confidentiality.
§ Mr. Allan StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the contracts between his Department and Armitage Shanks.
§ Mr. NeubertFollowing the holding reply I gave on 16 November 1989, at column417, I wrote to my hon. Friend informing him that we were considering, with Armitage Shanks, the precise implications of the proposed closure of its Barrhead factory, and that the extent to which alternative sources of supply would be needed was not yet clear. That remains the position.