Written question asked by Lord Clark of Windermere (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 March 1997. It was answered by Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 March 1997 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: What assessment the Royal Air Force has made of the European staff requirement for the European Future Large Aircraft.

Answer: Dr. David Clark: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment the Royal Air Force has made of the European staff requirement for the European future large aircraft. [20709] Mr. Arbuthnot: We assess that the European staff requirement for the future large aircraft, as it is currently drafted, satisfies the United Kingdom's minimum technical requirements for a tactical military airlifter. We are currently considering whether our conditions for re-entry to the FLA programme set out by my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh, Pentlands (Mr. Rifkind) on 16 December 1994--Official Report, c. 823--have been met.

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