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Ministry of Defence

As I am not responsible for that matter, I cannot answer the hon. Gentleman’s question, but I know that the hon. Gentleman has an interest in Qinetiq activities of various sorts. He is right to identify the problem. Work is going on. I am saying merely that, although the right thing is being done, because of the way it is presented to us, it appears to be a bit rushed and being done a little too late. I do not think that that is true in some respects, but that is how it appears to us because of the way in which the finances are presented to us. I want to be confident that that is not happening; that is part of the reason why the Committee has asked for a more regular mechanism whereby what is actually being done is made visible.