§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on Operation Lionheart;
(2) how many British service personnel took part in Operation Lionheart.
§ Mr. StanleyI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Beverley (Sir P. Wall) on 22 October at column 495. I have since placed an unclassified initial assessment of Exercise Lionheart by the Ministry of Defence in the Library entitled "Exercise Lionheart—First Impressions".