§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Minister of Aviation Supply whether he will place in the Library, before the Committee stage of the Rolls-Royce (Purchase) Bill, a copy of the expenditure and manpower requirement forecasts for the RB211 project, for each occasion on which they were made, referred to in paragraph 202 of the Elstal Report on Productivity of the National Aircraft Effort.
§ Mr. CorfieldIn the preparation of the loading forecast for 1969, on the lines discussed in the Elstub Report on Productivity of the National Aircraft Effort, the estimate of expenditure and manpower for the RB211–22 was that set out below. Earlier estimates were not in fully comparable form: the subsequent edition of the loading forecast is still in preparation.
Question on 19th January. Costs in the Supreme Court taxed in London were allowed at an average of £313 in 1970 compared with £320 in 1969.—[Vol. 809, c. 243–4.]