HC Deb 05 March 1992 vol 205 c285W
Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many seminars held in Britain on the diversification of defence industries his officials have attended in each quarter of the last two years.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

One in the third quarter of 1990 on defence industry conversion in the former USSR.

Mr. O'Neill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what advice or information his officials have provided to the defence industry about diversification in the last two years.

Mr. Carlisle

None, because decisions affecting the future of a company, including its product lines, are best left to the commercial judgment of its management.

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