The Royal Air Force

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:54 pm on 11 February 1988.

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Photo of Mr Allan Rogers Mr Allan Rogers , Rhondda 7:54, 11 February 1988

The hon. Gentleman has been extremely selective in the dates that he has chosen. Perhaps what he should do is to go back to the record of promotions and cancellations of projects since the war. If he does, he will find a long list of cancellations by successive Tory Governments, through the whole range from the Hawker P1083 thin-wing Hunter, to the Hawker P1121 fighter. Previous Conservative Governments have cancelled an alarming number of programmes.