§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what orders or research contracts have been placed in the United Kingdom under the Pentagon's strategic defence initiative office for the responsive theatre defence interceptor.
§ Mr. AitkenNo United States-funded research contracts specifically related to candidate theatre defence interceptors have been awarded to my Department. It is not our practice to give details of individual contracts won directly by United Kingdom firms or universities, although we believe that there are none at present in this category.