Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Aviation – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 February 1964.
Mr. Lee:
Some of us are becoming worried about the apparent inability of the British aircraft industry to produce helicopters of the sort we need. Why is it, with the practical monopoly of Westlands, that, whether it be civil helicopters for B.E.A. or military helicopters, we cannot guarantee production of suitable machines from our own industry?