§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark), of 20 January,Official Report, column 825, if he will set out the reason why the information requested on arms manufacture at the royal arms factory, Enfield is not available from official sources.
§ Mr. AitkenWhen the royal ordnance factories were incorporated in 1985, all records were retained by Royal Ordnance plc, except those that were returned to the Ministry of Defence for preservation as public records. The returned files do not contain the information requested by the hon. Member for South Shields.