Foreign Trade

HC Deb 11 July 1983 vol 45 cc229-30W

Mr. Stuart Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the foreign trade of

for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) on 27 June, Official Report, c. 17, whether the application he has received from British Aerospace for launch aid for the proposed Airbus 320 envisages the use of Rolls-Royce engines in the aeroplanes.

Mr. Butcher

The application from British Aerospace referred to in my answer to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish (Mr. Bennett) on 27 June 1983—[Vol. 43, c.17]—did not specify a particular engine. Airbus Industrie is currently approaching airlines on the basis of an A320 powered by the derivative CFM56–4 engine proposed by GE/SNECMA Rolls-Royce, with its US, Japanese and European partners, is continuing to develop proposals for a new technology engine, known as the 2500, which would be suitable for A320 and other airframes.