HC Deb 28 March 1996 vol 274 cc724-5W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will institute an inquiry into the allegations contained in the "Dispatches" programme on the export of leg irons; and if he will make a statement. [20352]

Mr. Oppenheim

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Technology to the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Mrs. Clwyd) on 31 January 1995,Official Report, column 614. There has been no evidence of a breach of export controls and I do not propose to institute an inquiry unless clear evidence comes to light of the breach of export controls.