§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is his policy on the acquisition for his Department's use of computers and equipment supplied by companies which seek to impose extraterritorial United States controls on their United Kingdom staff or on non-Government United Kingdom customers or on United Kingdom exports; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RidleyI have nothing to add to my reply of 27 March at column 611 and to the statement of 9 April by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Treasury on the policy of the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency.