Competitive Tendering

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 17 Rhagfyr 1991.

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Photo of Mr Kenneth Carlisle Mr Kenneth Carlisle , Lincoln 12:00, 17 Rhagfyr 1991

I respect the point made by my hon. Friend. It might be of interest to the House to hear that already about 40 per cent. of the research undertaken by the Defence Research Agency is subcontracted from the Ministry of Defence to universities and industry—indeed, almost the whole of the development work goes to industry. We certainly welcome collaboration with the civil sector and industry, a good example of which is our work on jet engine technology. We wish to develop that interaction.