Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Business, Innovation and Skills – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 2 February 2012.
There is no question of renegotiation. The Indians have had a pre-selection process, from which the French bid has gone ahead on the basis of price. There is a lot of experience of contracts being reconsidered at the final stage, and at that stage BAE Systems has a very good case to make as part of its consortium. We will support it thoroughly.