§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what action he proposes to take to cancel contracts with Gebrǘder Junghans of Germany, AS Raufoss of Norway and Fratelli Borletti of Italy, following the evidence given at the trial of Mr. Gordon Foxley.
§ Mr. Aitken[holding answer 24 November 1993]: As I announced on 23 November at column 309–10, no new contracts will be placed with the companies implicated in the Foxley case until all the facts have been investigated. The scope for recovering money paid by the firms to Foxley is also under investigation. We do not propose to terminate the small number of existing contracts with the companies, which were all placed some years after Foxley's retirement from the Ministry of Defence.