§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence which(a)Ministers and (b)officials in his Department had meetings in the last nine months with BAE personnel to discuss the order for the Second Tranche of Eurofighter Typhoons; when the meetings took place; who attended; and what representations he has received from the other partners in this project on the ordering of Tranche II. [159497]
§ Mr. HoonMinisters and officials have had many meetings with BAE Systems personnel in the last nine months at which the order for the second Tranche of Typhoons has been discussed. Regular meetings have1492W also taken place with our partner nations in the project as part of the ongoing commercial and international negotiations on the same subject.