§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Industry (1) what specific proposals for governmental support for the development and manufacture of civil aircraft have been received from the British Aircraft Corporation since 1st December 1975;
(2) what specific proposals for governmental support for the development and manufacture of civil aircraft have been received from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited since 1st December 1975.
§ Mr. Les HuckfieldBAC has requested the Government to extend their underwriting of the BAC1–11 to cover assembly of the sets of parts for five aircraft which are currently being produced in advance of orders. Hawker Siddeley Aviation has proposed further limited Government expenditure to keep open the option of a future relaunch of the HS146. The Government are currently considering these two proposals. BAC has submitted proposals for the production of further Concordes, the development of the existing aircraft and the provisioning of vendor 269W spares, in connection with the Anglo-French Ministerial meeting which took place on 29th March.