§ Ms. RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to investigate the links between the firm Pen-Tsao-Materia-Medica Centre, based in Hong Kong, the firm Imhausen-Chemie A. G. based in Lahr, and the export of chemicals for the alleged chemical warfare agent factory at Rabta in Libya; and if he will raise the matter of dual-use chemicals export from the European Community at the next Foreign Affairs Council meeting of the EEC.
The Foreign Affairs Council on 20 February adopted an EC directive controlling the export of eight "core" chemical precursors. All these chemicals were already subject to United Kingdom export control. The United Kingdom continues to work closely with other countries to tighten restrictions on the export of chemical weapon-related precursors and equipment.