HC Deb 30 November 1993 vol 233 c520W
Mr. Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what grounds the bidding of foreign hulls was excluded from the tendering arrangements for the landing platform helicopters.

Mr. Aitken

In the absence of progress towards the opening of the market for warship building within the EC on a fair and equitable basis, we decided the most appropriate course was to restrict invitations to tender to United Kingdom shipyards.

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