Mark Hunter today questioned Gordon Brown over the Woodford BAE plant at Prime Minister’s Question Time.

To see Mark in action, go to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8306561.stm and, on the video, go to 31:20.

Mark’s question:

“The RAF have identified the need for three further aircraft to replace Nimrod R1 spyplanes.  New Nimrods built in my constituency Woodford, which the Govt has already invested £3.6 billion in are ideal the task.  Could he therefore explain why his Government has chosen instead to buy 40 year old American aircraft and how that ties in to his commitment to British jobs to british workers.”

Gordon Brown’s reply:

“I can tell him we haven’t made a final decision on the next stage of orders and I will write to him when we do so.”