Strategic Defence Review (Hansard, 7 July 1997)

§ Mr. Key
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the dates and attendees by Department and grade of meetings of officials which have taken place in his Department on the strategic defence review. [6760]

§ Dr. Reid
No. A considerable number of meetings has taken place on the strategic defence review. Information on dates and attendees is not held centrally and could he provided only at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Key
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what means he will announce the results of his strategic defence review. [6685]

§ Dr. Reid
The outcome of the strategic defence review will be published in a White Paper.

§ Mr. Key
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the members, with their current occupations, of 359W the panel of external experts advising him on the strategic defence review. [6773]

§ Dr. Reid
The advisory panel of experts has not yet been formed. We expect to announce the names of members later in the summer.

§ Mr. Key
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the corporate research programme will be included in the strategic defence review. [6841]

§ Dr. Reid
The strategic defence review is foreign policy led and will ensure that we are getting the best possible defence output from available resources. The Corporate Research Programme is an important resource and will accordingly be included in the review at the appropriate stage.