§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a list of consultants engaged by his Department in relation to the management or proposed contracting out of the royal dockyards specifying the period of consultancy and the total cost of each consultancy to public funds.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI have included in theOfficial Report a list of consultants engaged in relation to the management or proposed introduction of commercial managment into the royal dockyards, together with details of the scope of their activities. On costs, I am not able to release details of individual contracts but the total has not changed from the figures I gave to the hon. Member on 18 November 1985 at column 96.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence on what basis classified information will be made available to private companies which have expressed interest in tendering for the contracts to run the royal dockyards.
§ Mr. Norman LamontClassified information on the royal dockyards is being released to private companies on exactly the same basis—and under the same controls—as it is released to any other potential defence contractor.
§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will postpone all visits by private companies to the royal dockyards until the Dockyard Services Bill has been passed.
§ Mr. Norman LamontNo, Sir.