Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 3rd April 1957.
Is the Minister aware that we have certain advance information about these guided missiles, and that is the cost? Is he aware that they have been criticised by prominent American admirals on the ground that each cost £ 20,000? How many of them are we going to fire off before we solve the economic crisis?