HC Deb 22 February 1993 vol 219 c470W
Mr. Denham

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of warship building capacity which is state owned in(a) France, (b) the Netherlands, (c) Belgium, (d) Italy and (e) Germany; and what effect this has on reciprocal purchasing arrangements.

Mr. Aitken

I refer the hon. Member to the replies I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Gosport (M r. Viggers) on 17 February,Official Report, column 254.