HC Deb 25 January 1983 vol 35 c355W
Mr. Brocklebank-Fowler

asked the Secretary of State for Trade if he will list the occasions on which Her Majesty's Government have refused to licence exports of weapons on the grounds that they could be used for internal repression.

Mr. Peter Rees

It has been the practice of successive Governments not to disclose details of export licence applications. A licence would not be granted where, in the Government's judgment, the items concerned were likely to be used for internal repression.

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