§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the dependence of Royal Air Force combat aircraft on island staging posts for transits of the Indian Ocean in the 1970s will be on similar lines to the present system at Gan; and, in view of the fact that this system results in unserviceable aircraft having to wait for several days on occasions before spares can be flown in, what provisions he is making for stockpiling the necessary spares and fuel at the various island staging posts.
§ Mr. ReynoldsNo decision to establish these facilities has been taken.