§ Mr. Soamesasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which current procurement contracts and projects have not been completed within the due period;
(2) with which contractors his Department is negotiating in respect of overdue procurement contracts and projects;
(3) if he will list the current procurement projects and contracts whose terms and conditions he is reviewing.
§ Mr. Norman Lamont[pursuant to his reply, 9 December 1985, c. 546]: At any one time the Ministry of Defence has approximately 100,000 headquarters contracts in operation. To review them all in order to answer the issues raised would require disproportionate time and administrative effort. If the hon. Member has any particular instance in mind, I shall be happy to write to him.