§ 29. Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether the future plans for hydrofoil purchase by the Royal Navy will include any provision for part construction in British shipbuilding yards.
§ Dr. GilbertThere are at present no plans to purchase hydrofoils beyond the Boeing jetfoil recently ordered for operational evaluation. If further jetfoils were 621W to be required. Boeing would expect to transfer construction to a United Kingdom contractor so that at least 70 per cent. of the work would be done in the United Kingdom.