Written question asked by Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 10 May 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 May 2000. It was answered by Alan Johnson (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 May 2000 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many times his Department has met representatives of the Defence Manufacturers Association since 1997.

Answer: Dr. Tonge: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many times his Department has met representatives of the Defence Manufacturers Association since 1997. [122245] Mr. Alan Johnson: My Department maintains a regular dialogue with the Defence Manufacturers Association (DMA) on sectoral and export issues. Many of the meetings between officials in my Department and the DMA are informal or during the course of other events and no central record is kept. In 1997, the then Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for Small Firms addressed the DMA's Annual General Meeting.

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