HC Deb 03 February 1997 vol 289 c508W
Mr. Barry Jones

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment his Department has made of the impact on(a) Airbus Industrie and (b) British Aerospace plc of the proposed merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas. [12591]

Mr. Greg Knight

It is too early to make a detailed assessment of the impact of the proposed merger, but my Department is considering the implications with Airbus Industrie and British Aerospace.