Business, Innovation and Skills written question – answered at on 9 February 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
(1) what assistance his Department has provided to BAeSystems to help them with securing Typhoon export deals;
(2) how many meetings he has had with his German counterpart to discuss the possibility of selling Typhoon to the Indian Air Force; and what specific topics were discussed at those meetings.
UK Trade & Investment Defence & Security Organisation has worked closely with BAeSystems over a number of years to assist them with Typhoon export campaigns. The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, my right hon. Friend Vince Cable, and other Ministers, have met representatives of the company on numerous occasions, and have discussed Typhoon export opportunities with counterparts in other nations.
The Secretary of State has not met with his German counterpart to discuss selling Typhoon to the Indian Air Force. However, there have been a number of meetings to discuss the German led campaign to promote Typhoon to the Indian Government, and how to progress that, between officials of this Government and their counterparts in Germany, as well as Ministers in other Departments.
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