This is not the first time that the Government have totally failed to see a major Crisis in the Making, despite ample warning.
So I say quietly, but nevertheless insistently, that there is another Crisis in the Making unless the Government can soon clear up some of the uncertainties about the future of helicopter procurement.
I commend the hon. Gentleman's wise and moderate approach, and condemn those who say that there is a Crisis in the Making.
This is a Crisis of Their Making.
In fact, just this week we heard a prominent member of Sinn Fein say that there could be a Crisis in the Making.