§ 36. Mr. de Freitasasked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in future, he will order weapons systems instead of aircraft.
§ Mr. de FreitasIs that translated into the ordering of the aircraft, or is it not a fact that the Air Ministry is still working upon the idea of the aircraft being the object of the exercise and therefore complicating the whole procedure of design and development?
§ Mr. BirchThe hon. Member is on a very substantial point there. That could have been a criticism in the past but, as he will remember, in last year's White Paper on the Production of Aircraft we announced this new concept, and I am satisfied that it is being pursued now with all possible energy.