§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the contracts entered into with private sector companies for the provision of goods or services since May 1997 where penalty clauses were triggered for non-performance; and if he will make a statement. [122017]
§ Dr. MoonieProvision of such a list would require consideration of some 6,000 contracts and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.