§ Mr. David Priceasked the Minister of Aviation if he will make a progress report upon the task of the working group of the European Launcher Development Organisation and on the British contribution to the Organisation's current programme.
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§ Mr. Roy JenkinsThe Working Group expects to complete its task by the end of this month. The British contribution to the Organisation's current programme is the development of the first stage of the three stage space vehicle launcher and work on the co-ordination of the different stages. Two successful firings of the first stage have been carried out and a third firing is expected in a few weeks.