HC Deb 16 March 1972 vol 833 cc145-6W
Mr. Wall

asked the Minister of State for Defence how many air frames and engines, and of what manufacture, were to be ordered under the original German-Italian-British agreement for the multi-rôle combat aircraft; and what is the present relative position.

Mr. Ian Gilmour

As my right hon Friend said on 22nd July, 1970, the total requirement of aircraft for all three countries is expected to be about 900, of which the planned Royal Air Force requirement is between 350 and 400. This is still the position. It will be some time before production orders are placed.—[Vol. 804, c. 556.]