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Mr. Alton
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration is being given within the options for change exercise to the mechanisms for returning research and development scientists and facilities to civilian manufacturing.
Mr. Neubert
The implications of options for change for the defence equipment programme, including the research programme, are being studied, but it is too early to say what their impact will be.