§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the European Communities working groups which met over the last 12 months with a representative from his Department in attendance; if he will list the number of times each met; if he will indicate the nature of the Government's representation; and if he will make a statement. [88484]
§ Mr. SpellarMinistry of Defence officials have attended meetings of POLARM, an ad hoc EU working party on European armaments policy, on four occasions in the last 12 months.