§ Sir J. Edenasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state the number and types of military helicopters ordered since October 1964, the dates on which production orders in each case were finally placed, and the dates when the negotiations to purchase had commenced or when the definition of the operational requirement had originally been made.
§ Mr. HealeyThe information is set out in the following table.
of helicopters are due this year; Army aviation in particular is expanding rapidly.