§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration is being given to a very large new supply of arms from Great Britain to Egypt; and if he will forbid all arms supplies to either side in the Middle East where peace is precarious.
§ Dr. GilbertIt has been the policy of successive Governments not to divulge details of defence sales to individual countries. The Government's policy on arms sales to the Middle East remains as stated in the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office on 7th December 1977. —[Vol. 940, c.768–9