HC Deb 17 July 1989 vol 157 c71W
Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his reply of 29 June,Official Report, column 531, to the hon. Member for Woolwich, (Mr. Cartwright), what is the number of procurement options for the possible replacement of the WE177 free fall bomb that are currently being studied.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

Discussions are taking place with both the United States and French Governments. I cannot go into further detail at this stage.

Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what expenditure has been incurred to date on the study of procurement options for the possible replacement of the WE177 free fall nuclear bomb.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

We are continuing to study a number of options for the replacement of the United Kingdom's free fall nuclear bomb. I am not prepared to comment in detail on those studies.