§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the unit cost of purchasing Trident D5 missiles from the United States of America. [32053]
§ Mr. Arbuthnot[holding answer 10 June 1996]: For commercial and other reasons, it is not our practice to speculate about future prices. For estimates of the cost of the total Trident missile buy, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State on 14 March 1996, Official Report, column 678.