HC Deb 31 January 1986 vol 90 cc638-9W
Mr. Soames

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the Nimrod programme.

Mr. Norman Lamont

I have nothing to add to the answers I gave to my hon. Friend on 14 January at column914.

Mr. Favell

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for British Aerospace generally and its Woodford plant in particular of a possible cancellation of the Nimrod airborne early warning programme.

Mr. Norman Lamont

British Aerospace work on the Nimrod AEW Mk 3 project is well advanced; but I can assure my hon. Friend that no decision on the future of the project would be taken without careful assessment of the industrial implications.