HL Deb 07 April 1998 vol 588 c124WA
The Earl of Sandwich

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Why the National Audit Office has not made public its report on the Al-Yamamah Defence Programme. [HL1263]

The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Gilbert)

The 1992 National Audit Office report into the Ministry of Defence's involvement in the Al-Yamamah programme has not been published as it refers to arrangements which are confidential between the Governments of the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia.