§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will now publish the report by Sir Philip Allen on the inquiry started in April 1976, and completed shortly afterwards, into the affairs involving the supply of arms to South Africa by Aviation Jersey Limited, and his Department, the system of clearing requests by firms for the purchase of spares and other items of military equipment from his Department, the monitoring of the purposes to which such purchases might be put and other matters; and, if not, why not.
§ Dr. GilbertLord Allen's investigations into Ministry of Defence transactions with Aviation Jersey Limited were the subject of a confidential report to the Secretary of State for Defence which it would not be appropriate to publish. A full statement on the investigations was made to the House by the previous Secretary of State for Defence on 13th April 1976—[Vol. 909, c.457.]