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Mr. Lawson
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many man-hours it takes to build a Chieftain tank at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Leeds; and how this compares with the number of man-hours required to manufacture the Vickers version of the Chieftain tank.
Mr. William Rodgers
The information necessary to make a meaningful comparison is not available, nor would it be right to disclose information of a kind involving commercial confidence.