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Territorial Army (Pay)
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23. Mr. Onslow asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make arrangements to allow Territorial Army other ranks to have payments due to them made into a bank account if they wish to do so.
Mr. Boyden: The arrangements for making payments to T.A.V.R. soldiers are currently being re-organised and by the end of this year all will be paid by Giro Order. It will then be possible to consider payments into a bank account.
Flying Training
Mr. Dudley Smith asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state his policy as to the number of hours per week permitted for flying training from Royal Air Force stations near to urban areas; how many evenings per week night flying practice is permitted from those stations; and at what hour the flying practice ceases.
Mr. Reynolds: The extent of the flying training undertaken at each R.A.F. station depends upon the type and rôle of the aircraft operating there. Night flying is an essential element of R.A.F. flying training and is completed as early as the available hours of darkness and weather conditions permit. Where R.A.F. stations are located close to urban areas flightpaths used during training have been modified to avoid flying over urban areas at low level to the maximum extent compatible with flight safety and effective training.
Far East Naval Task Force
Mr. Dodds-Parker asked the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has for deploying a naval task force in the Far East after 1971 other than ships based on Hong Kong.
Mr. Healey: None; but ships will de- ploy to the Far East from time to time for training and exercises.
Royal Dockyards
Mr. Dalyell asked t› Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a state- ment on the results of the Greenwich Conference on Dockyards, in relation to Rosyth.
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Dr. David Owen: The object of this symposium was to explain to employees' representatives our plans in relation to all the Home Dockyards, with particular em- phasis on those where reductions are to take place. The opportunity was taken to discuss the difficulties which have been met in increasing the labour force at Rosyth and what must be resolved before these difficulties can be overcome.
Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to improve managerial efficiency in the Royal Dockyards.
Dr. Owen: A number of measures to obtain greater productivity with a smaller labour force are in hand. Details are set out in paragraphs 37-44 of Chapter VIII of the Statement on Defence Esti- mates, 1969.
Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated capital requirement for modernising the Royal Dockyards in the next three years,
Dr. David Owen: In addition to the normal annual rolling programme for the repair and replacement of machinery and plant in H.M. Dockyards (of the order of £1-85 million annually) we are planning on the basis that capital expenditure of the order of £18 million will be committed between now and 31st March, 1972, on modernisation.
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H.M.S. Resolution (Refit) Mr. Dalyell asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will outline the new methods of project-management in- volved in the H.M.S. Resolution refit at Rosyth in 1970; and if he will state the anticipated cost of the refit.
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Dr. David Owen: The new methods of project management involved in the refit of H.M.S. Resolution" at Rosyth in- clude:
(a) the appointment of a senior officer of two star rank and with the title of Assistant Controller (Polaris), working under the joint superintendence of the Controller of the Navy and Chief of Fleet Support, whose responsibilities will include the oversight of the pre- parations for refits of Polaris boats, and their completion ;
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