§ Mr. SpellerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to have overnight at RAF Chivenor a helicopter such as the Sea King with night radar capacity; and if he will list the number of incidents resulting in death by drowning off the north Devon coast during the current year to date.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonI have no plans to alter the present arrangements for the provision of search and rescue cover at RAF Chivenor. I understand that three people have died through drowning off the north Devon coast this year.