Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 18 Rhagfyr 1973.
Have not the Government been dithering on this issue year in and year out? Is it not high time, one way or the other, that the Fleet Air Arm was put out of its misery? Will the right hon. Gentleman tell the House frankly that it is one of the casualties of the present cut-down and part of the £178 million?