§ 19. Mr. GARRO JONESasked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether the system known as provisional Instructions to Proceed, under which no price is affixed to air armament contracts, has yet been superseded by a more normal procedure?
§ Sir P. SASSOONThe system of commencing work under Instructions to Proceed is still being extensively utilised in order to ensure that prices are not determined until all necessary data are available, while at the same time manufacture of urgent requirements is not delayed.