"Options for Change"

HC Deb 19 March 1991 vol 188 c90W

18. Mr. Latham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the future of the departmental review known as "Options for Change", following the Gulf war.

28. Mr. Barry Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to revise "Options for Change" in the light of the Gulf war and the suppression of the Baltic states.

29. Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will review defence strategy in the light of the experience from the Gulf war.

Mr. Tom King

I hope it will be possible to publish the annual defence White Paper before the summer recess and in this to make clear the way ahead on 'Options for Change'.