§ Mr. Rileyasked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he can state the date when orders were first placed for the following types of military aeroplanes: Vickers Wellington 200 plus, Vickers Wellesley 200 plus, and Hawker Hurricane 340 plus; how many of these aeroplanes, respectively, were delivered by the end of 1937; and how many have been delivered to date?
§ Earl Winterton:The answer to the first part of the question is that orders were first placed for the Vickers Wellington on 15th August, 1936, for the Vickers Wellesley on 10th September, 1935, and for the Hawker Hurricane on 3rd June, 1936. It would not be in the public interest to give the information asked for in the second and last parts of the question.