§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans his Department has to contract with the armed services to provide emergency cover over the millennium period; and what estimate he has made of the cost of that cover. [62573]
§ Mr. George HowarthNo contract is necessary. Procedures are already in place for the provision of military aid to the civil authority, and these arrangements are under regular review in the run up to the Millennium date change. I could not offer an estimate at this stage.