HC Deb 20 May 1975 vol 892 cc351-2W
Mr. Atkinson

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to support the arms embargo imposed by the Congress of the United States of America on arms to Turkey pending the dropping by Turkey of its insistence on the bi-zonal partitioning of Cyprus and the carrying out of United Nations Resolution 3212.

Mr. Ennals

No. It is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to consider all arms sales applications individually on their merits. As has been made clear in previous answers to my hon. Friend, most recently on 5th May, the situation in Cyprus is a factor which we take into consideration in the case of Turkey. This includes the continuing unsatisfactory position of British residents there.