Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
Defence
Bob Ainsworth (Coventry North East, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role the National Security Council played in the decision to procure the short takeoff and vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter.
Peter Luff (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Defence Equipment, Support and Technology), Defence; Mid Worcestershire, Conservative)
The National Security Council took the decision to revert to the short take off vertical landing variant having taken into account the recommendation of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence.