HC Deb 27 November 1963 vol 685 cc80-1W
101. Mr. Edelman

asked the Minister of Aviation when he intends issuing orders for the prototype of the AW681; and how he proposes that allocations of the work should be made.

Mr. Amery

Preliminary design and development work is going ahead and a decision on full development will be taken shortly. While the contract would be placed with the Hawker Siddeley Group which would undertake the work in Coventry and Manchester, I would arrange that a substantial part of the manufacturing work should be subcontracted to Short Brothers & Harland Ltd. in Belfast.