§ Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what documents or speeches constitute the Foreign Policy Baseline against which the Strategic Defence Review can be assessed. [29750]
§ Mr. George RobertsonI outlined the emerging conclusions of the first phase of the Strategic Defence Review, which looked at the foreign and security policy framework, in my speeches to the House on 27 October 1997, Official Report, columns 609–20, and to the Royal United Services Institute on 18 September 1997. The results of this work will form an important part of the Review White Paper.