Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence further to his answer of 6 March,Official Report, column 224, what assessment was made by the Ministry of Defence metallurgical expert of the technical aspects of the steel tubes which Walter Somers Ltd. proposed to export to Iraq as a result of his two telephone conversations with the company.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkThe two telephone conversations did not establish that the steel tubes had a military purpose.