§ Mr. Favellasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the major servicing of the Nimrod aircraft.
§ Mr. ButlerSubject to the satisfactory completion of contractual negotiations, the major servicing of two Nimrod aircraft will in the near future be allotted to British Aerospace at Woodford. It remains our intention that the major servicing of Nimrods should be opened to competition.