§ Mr. RogersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether any research into over-the-horizon radar is currently taking place at RSRE Malvern; and if he will make a statement;
(2) what funding is currently being provided by his Department for over-the-horizon radar research;
(3) what assessment he has made of the ability of over-the-horizon radar to detect low-flying aircraft.
§ Mr. SainsburyI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr. Wallace) on 8 December 1987 at column156. RSRE Malvern is involved with these studies and, by the beginning of this financial year, some £1 million (at 1987–88 prices) had been spent by the United Kingdom.