§ 141. Mr. DykesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on current relations between the United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China.
§ Mr. MaudeI refer my hon. Friend to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Christchurch (Mr. Adley) on 20 October at column267.
§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he is satisfied that the sale of radar equipment to China by GEC-Marconi was not in contravention of the Madrid declaration of 27 June to cease high technology and military sales to China.
§ Mr. MaudeThe Madrid declaration imposed an embargo on trade in arms with China but did not prohibit sales of high technology. We have therefore banned export of weapons together with any equipment which could be used for the purposes of internal repression. Proposed exports are considered on a case-by-case basis. The avionics equipment to be supplied to China by GEC Marconi falls outside the embargo.