§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Common-wealth Affairs whether, having regard to the direct transfer to Egypt of British military helicopters, ordered and to be paid for by Saudi Arabia, and to the 59W training of Egyptian military pilots during the war between Arab States and Israel, he will now release the ammunition and spare parts for Centurion tanks ordered and paid for by Israel; and whether he will extend to Saudi Arabia any existing or future embargo on the delivery of armaments to the Middle East.
§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what criteria were used to determine, for purposes of an arms embargo, which States were combatants in the recent Middle East war;
(2) if Her Majesty's Government regarded Saudi Arabia as a combatant in the recent Middle East war for the purposes of his policy in relation to such combatants.
§ Lord BalnielI have nothing to add to what my right hon. Friend told the House on 18th October.