asked the Secretary of State for Defence if, pursuant to his answer of 24 February, Official Report, column 132, he will make a statement on the position regarding privatisation of the royal ordnance factories.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave yesterday, at column 376, to my hon. Friend the Member for South Ribble (Mr. Atkins).

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has received any recent representations regarding the privatisation of the royal ordnance factories.

I refer the hon. Member to the answers I have given him today.

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has met trade union representatives to discuss the privatisation of the royal ordnance factories.

Further to a number of meetings over the last few years between Ministers and the trades unions, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence had a meeting yesterday with trade unions representatives to discuss the latest developments and to hear their views.