§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a list of the dates, titles and venues of the seminars that his officials have attended on the subject of defence diversification over the last 24 months.
§ Mr. AitkenOfficials of my Department have not attended any seminars devoted to the subject of defence diversification. They have attended each of a series of six regional seminars organised by the Department of Trade and Industry earlier this year under the title "Changing Tack—New Perspectives for Defence Suppliers", which was designed to assist small and medium-sized companies supplying the defence market to assess the strategic issues to be faced in the light of current and projected reductions in global expenditure on defence equipment.
The dates and venues of these seminars were:
Venue 29 April Tring 12 May Blackburn 18 May Southampton 20 May Solihull 1 June Bristol 3 June London