§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the financial commitment of the United Kingdom on all bilateral and multilateral defence and allied projects in Europe.
§ Mr. GoodhartThe activities covered by the hon. Member's question are wide ranging and include many areas of defence activity, given our commitment to the NATO Alliance. These include, for example, all collaborative equipment programmes, NATO common programmes such as infrastructure and the integrated communications system and numerous bilateral and multilateral support arrangements such as the common pipeline system and other agreements with our allies. The information requested is not held centrally and cannot be provided without disproportionate effort.