§ Rear-Admiral Morgan Gilesasked the Secretary of State for Defence what aircraft it is now intended should replace the Anglo-French variable geometry aircraft, as the core of Great Britain's defence policy.
§ Mr. HealeyI would refer the hon. and gallant Gentleman to the statement that I made on 25th October in reply to the hon. Members for Banbury162W (Mr. Marten) and for St. Albans (Mr. Goodhew). Since the Anglo-French variable geometry aircraft was never the core of Great Britain's defence policy, there is no question of replacing it in this rôle.—[Vol. 751, c. 1726–8.]