AWACS Offset Agreement

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 July 1989.

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Photo of Hon. Tim Sainsbury Hon. Tim Sainsbury , Hove 12:00, 11 July 1989

It is a measure of success that the benefits of the offset deal are very widely spread throughout British industry, particularly the electronics and engineering industries. One of the follow-on benefits that is not covered in the agreement is that many of the firms with contracts in the offset agreement have obtained further contracts not within the offset agreement but much to the benefit of the companies and the work force.