To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the planned new radar to be constructed at Brawdy; what will be the contribution to costs paid by the United Kingdom; and for how long negotiations have been under way with the United States Government on the project.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Gower (Mr. Wardell) on Friday 30 March at columns 328-29. The United Kingdom share of the trial including our share of the running costs will amount to some £15·5 million.