§ Rear-Admiral Morgan-Gilesasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will ensure that synchro and servo components from foreign suppliers are subjected to the same quality assurance procedures and type approval procedures as those from British suppliers.
§ Dr. GilbertThe Ministry of Defence's quality assurance procedures require main defence contractors to be responsible for ensuring that all purchased components, from whatever source, conform to the contract requirements that we lay down. Occasionally equipments are bought containing foreign components which may not have been subjected to the same type approval tests as those from United Kingdom sources. In such cases the complete equipments are tested to ensure their suitability for the functions they will be required to perform.