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Seacat Missile

Volume 643: debated on Tuesday 27 June 1961

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asked the Minister of Defence if he will give an assurance that the Royal Navy's requirements for the Seacat anti-aircraft missile will be met in full before any are supplied to other powers outside the Commonwealth, such as Western Germany or Sweden; and if he is satisfied that the supplying

cannot include the construction of the Worksop by-pass in the roads programme for some years yet. The Sheffield-Leeds Spur and the northern section of the London-Yorkshire Motorway, when constructed, will provide the most convenient route from Sheffield to the south and there will then be no need for this traffic to go through Worksop to A.1. Traffic congestion in Worksop has, however, been eased by the recent introduction of "No Waiting" restrictions.