HC Deb 15 January 1986 vol 89 cc611-2W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the significance of the Tornado aircraft programme to the defence of the United Kingdom; how much public money has been committed to it; and if he intends to cancel the programme in the light of the disclosure of Libyan part ownership of Fiat.

Mr. Norman Lamont

[pursuant to his reply, 13 January 1986, c. 534.]: The Tornado aircraft, in its different versions, will provide a major part of the RAF's front line until well into the next century. Four thousand, six hundred and three million pounds had been spent on the programme up to 31 March 1985. There is no intention of cancelling it.