HC Deb 03 February 1997 vol 289 c483W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if Her Majesty's Government plan to advertise the tender contracts for the proposed new royal yacht in theOfficial Journal of the European Communities. [13399]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The invitation to tender for the construction of the new royal yacht will be advertised in the MOD's "Contracts Bulletin" in the usual way.

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library the inventory of the publicly owned contents of the royal yacht. [13777]

Mr. Soames

Full details of the publicly owned items aboard Britannia are not currently available. An inventory to establish those items belonging to the royal household, the Royal Navy and the Ministry of Defence is currently under way, in preparation for Britannia's decommissioning in December this year.