Helicopters

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 4 June 1991.

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Photo of Mr Anthony Speller Mr Anthony Speller , North Devon 12:00, 4 June 1991

May I take my right hon. Friend on a slightly different tack? Summer is with us. The Wessex helicopter, although excellent in the past, is no longer the all-weather, all-year-round or all-radar-equipped aircraft that we need along the Bristol channel and the north Devon coast. I beg my right hon. Friend to consider the matter for two purposes: the first is the safety of our tourists and the second is, perhaps, the continuance of a British-built helicopter fleet for the future. My right hon. Friend must make his mind up and make a change fairly soon.