§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether any British service men have been made available to the Sri Lanka Government for any purposes during the last three years.
§ Mr. StanleyNo loan service personnel have been made available to the Government of Sri Lanka in the last three years. Three RAF officers from the central flying school paid short advisory visits to the Sri Lankan air force in 1984. In addition, a small number of places on United Kingdom training courses are taken up by Sri Lankan personnel, but, as was made clear by my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence Procurement on 14 February 1985, at column286, no British personnel are specifically dedicated to training Sri Lankan students.