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Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 June 1967.

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Photo of Mr Stephen Hastings Mr Stephen Hastings , Mid Bedfordshire 12:00, 22 June 1967

In view of the imminent and serious threat of the cancellation of the Anglo-French variable geometry aircraft, and the extremely serious implications there are for the Government's defence policy, such as that is, may I ask for an assurance that as soon as his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence has received the letter he says he expects, we shall have not only a full statement, but a debate as well?