asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement about the outcome of the latest meetings between representatives of his Department and their counterparts from France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy and Spain about the proposed European fighter aircraft; and when he now expects to make a decision about the future of this project.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer which I gave on 22 October to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Mr. Atkins), the hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Hull (North) (Mr. McNamara) and the hon. Member for Eccles (Mr. Carter-Jones) (Vol. 84, c. 140).