Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what systems the UK has committed to buying under the Anglo-French MCMV programme; and what the cost to the public purse is of the programme to date.

I have interpreted the right hon. Member's question as referring to the Anglo-French Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) programme. The UK has committed to buying three sets of equipment under the programme. Each set comprises a portable operation centre, an autonomous surface vessel, towed sonar, and a mine neutralisation system. To date the total cost to the UK has been approximately £82 million.