HC Deb 18 April 1967 vol 745 cc69-70W
Mr. Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place a copy of the contract with the United States Government for the purchase of F111K aircraft in the Library of this House.

Mr. Healey

No.

Mr. Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what he expects to be the ratio of cost between the earliest replacement engines for the F111K and the original engines.

Mr. Healey

I have no separate ceiling price for the installed engines.

Mr. Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether all the modifica-

who form only a proportion of the total officer entrants. Details of these are as follows:

tions to the F111K aircraft included in the supplemental cost of the F111K aircraft, are to meet British and not United States requirements.

Mr. Healey

Yes, though some features, e.g. the strengthened undercarriage, are also being developed for United States versions of the aircraft other than the basic F111A.

Mr. Powell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he expects that the F111K aircraft ordered for Great Britain will be the first production F111 aircraft to be manufactured.

Mr. Healey

No.