HC Deb 23 June 1998 vol 314 cc459-60W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to protect British(a) public funds and (b) exporters where defence exports on a Government to Government basis are paid for in oil and gas; and how he seeks to protect the volume and value of such exports from falling oil and gas prices. [46468]

Mr. Spellar

There are no Government to Government defence projects which involve Her Majesty's Government taking oil or gas as payment.