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Strategic Defence and Security Review

Michael Dugher: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what meetings he had with representatives of BAE Systems on the Strategic Defence and Security Review prior to its publication. [24454]

Dr Fox: I had a meeting with Ian King, chief executive of BAE Systems, on 21 June 2010, prior to a meeting of the National Defence Industries Council, which he and I co-chair. I also met BAE Systems representatives at other defence-related events, e.g. the Farnborough air show.