§ Mr. GibbTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he made of the long-term demand for super jumbo aircraft prior to his proposed loan to BAe Systems. [115932]
§ Mr. Alan JohnsonIn my Department there is a team which has considerable expertise in making forecast of the future demand for civil aircraft. They made an independent assessment of the likely demand for the A3XX, which concluded that there was a robust market case for this aircraft.