HC Deb 15 April 1994 vol 241 c326W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he was first made aware of the possibility that Ford was considering moving from the United Kingdom to Portugal the assembly of the next generation Jaguar XJS.

Mr. Heseltine

My Department was first informed in July 1993 that Ford was considering Portugal as a possible location for the manufacture of the Jaguar X100, which is the successor to the XJS sports car.