§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with the German economics office concerning co-operation over halting the export from the European Community of sensitive military-useable materials and technologies.
§ Mr. Lilley[holding answer 27 February 1991]My officials regularly meet their counterparts in the German Federal Ministry of Economics to discuss matters of common interest concerning export controls on sensitive goods and technology. There was a meeting last month hosted by the German Government of experts from member countries of the missile technology control regime as part of the continuing efforts to co-operate in preventing the proliferation of missile technology.