§ 12. Mr. Stratton Millsasked the Minister of Aviation, if he has yet received proposals from the Transport Aircraft Requirement Committee as to the development of the Skyvan light freighter.
§ Mr. J. AmeryThe Transport Aircraft Requirements Committee has advised me that certain aspects of the proposals put forward by Short Bros. & Harland for the further development of a Mark 2 Skyvan cannot be clarified until the Mark 1 prototype has flown. Meanwhile work on this prototype is proceeding.
§ Mr. Stratton MillsIs my right hon. Friend aware that it is hoped that this plane will fly at some time in the middle of December, and can we have an assurance that following the flight by this plane there will be no undue delay in the Committee coming to a decision?
§ Mr. AmeryI certainly give the assurance that my hon. Friend asks for. I hope that he is right, but my own personal estimate is that it will be early in 1963.