§ Mr. Juddasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards direct or indirect involvement by British firms in the Cabora Bassa dam project in Mozambique.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyIt is not our policy to discourage or to prevent British companies from engaging in legitimate trade or dealings with Mozambique.
294WOur sanctions legislation is directed against Southern Rhodesia, not against Portugal or any other country. There is nothing in our sanctions legislation which makes it an offence to supply goods from this country to Mozambique unless the supplier knows or has reasonable cause to believe that they will be supplied or delivered to or to the order of a person in Southern Rhodesia or that they will be used for the purposes of any business carried on in or operated from Southern Rhodesia.