HC Deb 13 February 1968 vol 758 cc316-7W
Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make it a condition in his contracts with the Hawker Siddeley group that work on such contracts for his Department shall be spread out evenly between their various factories; and whether he will make a statement.

Mr. Mason:

No. It is for the contractor to decide which factories are best equipped to undertake economically work under Ministry of Defence contracts and it is not the practice of my Department to intervene in such matters.

Mr. Leslie Huckfield

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what present contracts from his Department are being worked at the Hawker Siddeley factory at Coventry; and to what extent they will be affected by proposed cuts in Government expenditure.

Mr. Mason:

No contracts from my Department are being worked at the Hawker Siddeley factory at Coventry.