BRITISH AEROSPACE AIRBUS EXPORTS

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That this House congratulates British Aerospace Airbus on the announcement that it has won a Queen's Award for Export achievement; welcomes the news as further evidence of the continuing benefits from investment in high technology Airbus products; notes and welcomes Her Majesty's Government's commitment to the CARAD programme; and urges Her Majesty's Government to continue to provide every support to British Aerospace Airbus in terms of repayable launch investment, particularly for the new Airbus A 3XX aircraft, which will secure an additional 22,000 jobs in the aerospace sector and provide work for 400 companies in some 223 parliamentary constitutencies.