HC Deb 20 November 1968 vol 773 c290W
Mr. J. E. B. Hill

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what linkage will exist between Orfordness and the Linesman system.

Mr. John Morris

None. The purpose of the Orfordness station was explained by my hon. Friend the present Undersecretary of State for the Home Department, as Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Air Force, in reply to the hon. Member for Eye (Sir H. Harrison) on 12th March, 1968; that of Linesman was given in Command 3540 (Chapter VI, paragraph 8).—[Vol. 760, c.273.]

Mr. Geoffrey Wilson

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what linkage will exist between Fylingdales and the Linesman system.

Mr. John Morris

There will be no direct linkage. The B.M.E.W.S. and Linesman systems are complementary in the defence of the U.K. from air attack.