Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 12 Rhagfyr 1973.
Mr Robert Maclennan
Shadow Spokesperson (Defence)
12:00,
12 Rhagfyr 1973
I am grateful to the Minister, but he has not quite cleared up the doubt. Will he say whether the second phase is going ahead? It is perhaps too early to give a categorical answer, but there is some ambiguity. I appreciate that the present programme will go ahead for some years, but it is about the second phase that there is doubt.
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