§ Mr. Cryerasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what is the unit cost of the 14 Sea Harrier planes ordered from British Aerospace and announced on 1 July;
(2) what is the unit cost of (a) the 16 Sea King helicopters and (b) the 60 AV8B Harriers, the orders for which were announced on 1 July.
§ Mr. PattieI am unable to add to the statement by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence during the defence debate on 1 July—[Vol. 26, c. 1058]—that the equipment orders he was announcing on that occasion would be subject to satisfactory terms of contract, including price. These terms will be the subject of commercially confidential negotiations.