§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what arrangements exist in his Department to trace whether nuclear materials originating from the United Kingdom have been exported for use in Iraq.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe Government have requested the United Nations Special Commission and the International Atomic Energy Authority to give us confidentially details of any evidence of involvement by British companies in Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programmes, including the supply of nuclear materials. Any indication of wrongdoing will be urgently investigated and if export controls have been breached, it will be a matter for the courts.