§ 53. Mr. Burdenasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is now the estimated cost of the F111 aircraft; and how this compares with the basic price of £2,100,000 each.
§ Mr. Healey£2.1 million is the ceiling price we negotiated for each F111 before allowing for the addition of special British features. With the latter we estimated that the unit cost would increase to about £2½ million. We hope to agree shortly a supplemental ceiling price for these items and I do not expect the overall price to be significantly different.