HC Deb 10 December 1996 vol 287 c158W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the probability of a mid-air collision involving RAF fast jets over United Kingdom air space. [8212]

Mr. Soames

I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to his previous questions on this subject, on 9 January,Official Report, column 96 and 17 January 1996, Official Report, column 581. The study referred to in these answers is still under way and now expected to be completed in early 1997.