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Lord Williams of Elvel

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European Defence Agency

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Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Tuesday 23rd October 2012

(11 years, 6 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, I agree with my noble friend that there would have been some benefits from the two companies joining up. However, having said that, I think that BAE will continue to thrive on its own. It has some wonderful products and Ministers in the Ministry of Defence do their very best to help BAE sell them.

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My Lords, are the Government seriously considering withdrawal from the EDA? Is that one of the options under review?

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My Lords, it is an option; we are doing a review. As I said earlier, we will report back to the House as soon as possible.

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