Westland plc

Part of Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 8:07 pm on 15 January 1986.

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Photo of Mr Kenneth Lewis Mr Kenneth Lewis , Stamford and Spalding 8:07, 15 January 1986

I do not dispute what my hon. Friend says because he speaks from a knowledge of these things, but I would like to ask him whether finance might not have been a difficulty for the Ministry of Defence when it came to ordering a large increase in its hardware at a time when the Treasury was bearing down heavily on its budget.