Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 30 March 2009.
The technology transfer is, of course, very important to the future of the aircraft. Can we ensure that those negotiations will continue; that we will have the capability of assembly and full maintenance; and that the research and developments jobs in the north-west will continue and we will not lose those skills, because they are second to none?