§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when reviews or audits of brokerage or commission payments to purchasing agents under the A1 Yamamah I and II defence contracts were carried out.
§ Mr. AitkenMy Department has not employed business agents in connection with A1-Yamamah contracts.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what reviews and audits are carried out into maintenance and service contracts forming part of the A1 Yamamah defence contracts and by whom; and to whom do they report;
(2) who carried out the audit of payments cleared through the A1 Yamamah I and II defence contracts; how often they reported; and to whom.
§ Mr. AitkenAll my Department's accounts are subject to the normal audit arrangements, the results of which are reported as appropriate. It is not the Government's practice to comment on detailed matters concerning individual defence export sales.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what audits have been carried out of payments made by Westland Helicopters Ltd. under the A1 Yamamah defence contracts; who carried out those audits; and to whom the audit results were reported.
§ Mr. AitkenWestland Helicopters Ltd. has no contracts under the A1-Yamamah programme.