§ Mr. Hicksasked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the purposes and terms of reference of the investigation by the accountants, Coopers and Lybrand, into the possibility of a Government-owned plc being established to administer and manage the royal naval dockyard, Devonport, as from April 1987; whether this means that proposals for the introduction of commercial management have now been abandoned; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Norman LamontI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to the hon. Member for Dunfermline, East (Mr. Brown) on 18 April 1986 at columns523–24.