To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2007, Official Report, column 400W, on RAF Menwith Hill, for what reason the exchange of letters between the US Defense Secretary, dated 29 June 2007 and the UK Secretary of State for Defence, dated 17 July 2007, is classified. (180271)

As I stated in my reply of 7 January 2008, Official Report, column 30W, it is not the practice of the Government to make public the details of correspondence with foreign governments as this would, or would be likely to, prejudice international relations.