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Article: Symons rejects PAC criticisms on sub standard equipment.
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- November 30, 2000
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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 November 2000-UK Government: Symons rejects PAC criticisms on sub standard equipment (C)1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Defence Procurement Minister Baroness Symons today rejected criticism by the Public Accounts Committee that the Ministry of Defence was willing to accept the waste of GBP60 million on sub standard equipment.
She said: "It is nonsense to suggest that we regard as acceptable the fact that we had to pay GBP60 million in additional costs because sub standard equipment was accepted from contractors. GBP60 million is a tiny percentage of the total cost of the projects examined by the committee, and two-thirds of ...