HC Deb 20 February 1995 vol 255 c85W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for City of Chester of 19 December 1994,Official Report, column 869, if the cost-sharing arrangements are based on juste retour principles; what is expected to be the expenditure under the memorandum in the next financial year; and if the memorandum excludes missile or missile engine development.

Mr. Freeman

The memorandum of understanding contains a commitment to equitable share of costs and work between the two nations. It is not MOD policy to release financial information which is commercial by sensitive. The arrangement does not apply to any missile engine development.