§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list, with dates, the engineering companies(a) she and (b) her Ministers have visited since June. [21503]
§ Mr. WilsonMy colleagues and I regularly meet representatives from engineering companies and engineering trade bodies, both in visits and at other times. I list the visits made by myself and my ministerial colleagues to engineering companies since June 2001.
- (a)Visits by the Secretary of State
- 5 November—MG Rover
- 10 December—IBC Vehicles Ltd.
- 10 December—Astrium Ltd.
- 10 December—Matra BAE Dynamics
- (b)Visits by other DTI Ministers
- 23 July—Optima International—Nigel Griffiths
- 30 August—AGM Batteries—Brian Wilson
- 21 September—Aireshelta Ltd.—Lord Sainsbury
- 5 October—Fibrin (Humberside) Ltd.—Alan Johnson
- 9 October—Gorham and Bateson Ltd.—Nigel Griffiths;
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- 9 November—Textron Power Transmission—Alan Johnson
- 9 November—The Marshall Group of Companies—Lord Sainsbury
- 14 November—Rolls-Royce plc—Brian Wilson
- 17 December—Thales Optronics—Brian Wilson.