§ Mr. Bestasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the programme of research and development into anti-armour ammunition using depleted uranium penetrators.
§ Mr. PymIn addition to the use of the proof and experimental establishment site at Eskmeals which my predecessor announced on 8 March 1979, open range test firings will take place at the military vehicle and engineering establishment range at Kirkcudbright in Scotland, beginning in 1981. A memorandum describing the programme was placed in the Library of the House at the time of the announcement last March. The measures described in that memorandum will apply in full to those parts of the programme to be undertaken at Kirkcudbright.—[Vol. 963, c.777–8.]