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Mr. Cryer
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if his counterpart in the United States held any specific consultations with him prior to the Moscow summit to seek permission from Her Majesty's Government that technology developed under licence in the United Kingdom for the strategic defence initiative star wars programme may be offered to the Soviet Union at some future date as stated by President Reagan in Moscow.
Mr. Sainsbury
No. The United States President's offer to share the fruits of SDI research has not been elaborated in the detail suggested in the hon. Member's question. If and when such an issue were to arise, it would be the subject of consultation.