Scheduled Exercises (Purple Series) (Hansard, 13 January 1997)

HC Deb 13 January 1997 vol 288 cc123-4W 124W

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the dates and locations of scheduled exercises in the Purple series in the next 12 months. [9873]

§ Mr. Soames
The next exercise in the Purple series is programmed for October 1997 and has been designated Purple LINK. It will be a computer-assisted exercise based in the United Kingdom and will be undertaken with the Americans. This is the only Purple exercise planned for 1997.