HC Deb 07 March 1989 vol 148 c507W
33. Dr. Reid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the relative priority in terms of procurement expenditure his Department gives to(a) the British Army of the Rhine and (b) warships for the Royal Navy.

51. Mr. Ted Garrett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the relative priority, in terms of procurement expenditure, his Department gives to(a) the British Army of the Rhine and (b) warships for the Royal Navy.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

I refer the hon. Members to the answer that I gave earlier today to the hon. Members for Strathkelvin and Bearsden (Mr. Galbraith) and for Edinburgh, South (Mr. Griffiths).

112. Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to re-consider procedures for defence procurement expenditure.

Mr. Sainsbury

Our procurement procedures are kept constantly under review. Substantial benefits are being achieved by greater use of competition and by insistence on fixed prices, payments linked to achievement milestones and other incentive measures.