Lord Kamall
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(11 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Baroness Goldie (Con)
I have no specific information on that. I shall undertake to write to my noble friend with whatever information I can procure.
Lord Kamall (Con)
Could my noble friend the Minister give us some more information about the reports there have been that 15 nations, 11 of which are NATO members, are interested in buying RAF Hercules C-130s? Is the intention to sell them before we get the required number of A400Ms? Can she give us any more information about those proposed sales?
Baroness Goldie (Con)
I can confirm that the Hercules will be withdrawn from service at the end of this month, and that sales activity is already being managed through the Defence Equipment Sales Authority. Disposal is at a very early stage, but we are already looking at activities to support the potential sale of the aircraft, support equipment, specialised C-130J spares and flight simulators. We are exploring potential sales on a Government-to-Government basis.