Michael Heseltine on DTI shake-up

Title

Michael Heseltine on DTI shake-up

Genre

Interview

TX Date

3 Jul 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:03:27

Description

President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine on his planned shake-up of the Department of Trade and Industry to provide a more interventionist appraoch and look at UK competitiveness. And on the European Fighter Aircraft in production of which he was involved in convincing Italy, Germany and Spanish to join with British Aerospace. Political correspondent Peter Russell interviews.

Contributors

Michael Heseltine; Peter Russell

Keywords

Industry; Military aircraft; Spain; British Aerospace; Germany; Italy; Aerospace engineering; Department of Trade and Industry; Competitiveness (business)

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