§ Mr. Spenceasked the Secretary of State for Defence if it is his policy, when ordering Vauxhall Cavalier and Astra motor cars, to specify that only those models wholly manufactured in the United Kingdom are to be supplied; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Ian StewartAll orders for Vauxhall Cavaliers placed centrally by the Ministry of Defence have specified that the vehicles supplied should have been built in the United Kingdom. The Ministry of Defence also buys a few cars locally overseas to meet the needs of defence attaches and advisers where the supply of a car from the United Kingdom is not cost-effective, and this will result in the purchase of a small number of foreign-built Cavaliers or their equivalent. We have bought only a very small number of Vauxhall Astras as an ad hoc interim measure. We understand they were built in the United Kingdom.