To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what evaluation his Department has made of the RG31 vehicle; and what assessment has been made of the possible advantages of this vehicle compared with the Snatch armoured Land Rover. (78216)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 16 June 2006, Official Report, column 1528W, to the hon. Member for Aldershot (Mr. Howarth). Compared to Snatch, the RG31’s size means it cannot access areas of the urban environment that Snatch is able to.