§ 99. Mr. Rankinasked the Minister of Supply if he will authorise work to begin now for designs on purely commercial aircraft to meet the needs of the era of supersonic speeds.
§ Mr. MaudlingIt is too early for me to make any statement on this subject.
§ 103. Mr. Peytonasked the Minister of Supply what proposals he has for the development of a civil jet aircraft to be flying in 1965.
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§ Mr. MaudlingAs I informed my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Macclesfield (Air Commodore Harvey) on 14th November, I am in close touch with my right hon. Friend the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation and with the British Overseas Airways Corporation about the Corporation's aircraft requirements in the generation after the Comet IV and the present Britannia series.