HL Deb 04 November 1996 vol 575 cc38-9WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When will the "Fundamental Issues Study" and the "Prefeasibility Study" on Britain's possible requirements for ballistic missile defences commissioned by the then Secretary of State for Defence from Professor Neville Brown and from an international industrial consortium led by British Aerospace, be published.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe)

Both study reports contain classified information and cannot be published in their current form.