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Mr. O'Neill
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in which years he envisages that (a) the development programme and (b) the production programme of the replacement for the current C130 transport aircraft will begin.
Mr. Alan Clark
It is our intention to procure replacement aircraft for the RAF transport fleet around the turn of the century. We have no plans to participate in a development programme for such an aircraft.