HC Deb 23 January 1996 vol 270 c140W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his French and German counterparts concerning British participation in the Franco-German armaments agency. [10497]

Mr. Arbuthnot

[holding answer 22 January 1996]: The Secretary of State met his German counterpart on 27 November 1995, and his French counterpart on 30 October 1995, on which occasions helpful discussions took place with regard to possible UK participation in the Franco-German armaments agency. Also I met my German counterpart on 18 January 1996 and had constructive discussion on this issue.