Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether representatives from the Army were present during General Dynamics' trials of the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle in the last six months.

Under the main Ajax contract with General Dynamics, a number of trials involving five variants of the vehicle have occurred in the last six months. These include but are not limited to: power, radio and communications, security, live firing, acoustic signature, capacity and stowage and electromagnetic pulse trials. The trials have been assured by Ministry of Defence officials and Army personnel as part of the joint team working on the project.