§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether any consultations regarding the efficiency of cruise missiles were held with the United States of America Government prior to the decision to instal them in East Anglia.
§ Mr. PymDetailed discussions have, of course, taken place on all aspects of the planned deployments, and the United States is continuing to keep the Alliance informed on progress in the development programme. My latest information is that test firings of the Tomahawk cruise missile from a variety of platforms have achieved a success rate of the order of 80 per cent., which is particularly good for a missile at this stage in its development programme. As I have repeatedly made clear to the House, we have not yet decided where in the United Kingdom the United States ground-launched cruise missiles will be based.