§ Mr. Batisteasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the assurance given by the then Secretary of State for Defence the right hon. Member for Henley (Mr. Heseltine) to all employees of Royal Ordnance plc by personal letter on 30 January 1984 that he did not envisage a situation where subsidiary companies would be sold to someone who would wish to close them down, remains Government policy.
§ Mr. YoungerThe statement on this point in my right hon. Friend's letter remains Government policy.