§ Mr. Allenasked the Secretary of State for Defence if, pursuant to his answer of 6 July, Official Report, column 63, he will publish the contractual terms of the Trident programme.
§ Mr. SainsburyIt is not the practice to release details on contractual arrangements as these are commercially confidential. However, given the parliamentary interest in the break clause of the contract for the first Trident submarine, my predecessor placed a copy of this in the Library of the House on 8 May 1986 after first obtaining the agreement of the company.