Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will provide details of the effect that the temporary bar on new commitments that he described in the debate of 18 June 1990,Official Report, column 688, has had on the equipment programmes listed on pages 37, 39, 40 and 41 of volume 1 of the "Statement of Defence Estimates 1990".
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe temporary bar on new commitments was carefully managed to ensure that major equipment projects suffered no significant adverse effect.