§ Lord Tebbitasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Bach on 22 July (WA 74 ) and 16 November (WA 142 ), given that the Ministry of Defence has reached a mediated settlement with the Environmental Tectonics Corporation of the dispute over the non-delivery of the Royal Air Force centrifuge, and made a contribution of £6.4 million in that respect to the company, what is the nature of the current legal proceedings between the parties which precludes the Government from indicating what lessons they have learnt from the failure of this attempted procurement. [HL276]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)The current legal proceedings between the parties are on a separate contract unconnected with the High G centrifuge project. As soon as a settlement is reached the Ministry of Defence will release the details of the lessons they have learnt on the centrifuge project.