§ 53. Mr. Wilkinsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress he has made in evaluating proposals for a quiet short take-off and landing airliner and other new civil airliner designs submitted to him, with a view to supporting prototype construction.
§ Mr. CorfieldThe technical, economic and environmental implications of various ways of providing quiet short-haul operations are being evaluated, including short take-off and landing aircraft.
Contracts are being prepared for exploratory engineering studies in industry in support of these investigations.
No decisions can yet be made on prototype construction.