§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what research his Department has carried out into predicted rescue times in the North sea the effect on his plans to transfer the helicopter search-and-rescue unit from RAF Coltishall to RAF Wattisham; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThere was no requirement for such research, as the new basing structure for the RAF search-and-rescue (SAR) helicopter force took into account the established civil SAR criteria.