Weapons Exports to Israel

HL Deb 14 November 1996 vol 575 cc109-10WA

Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Of what type of weapons they allow the export to Israel, considering the extent of that country's disregard for international law, United Nations Security Council Resolutions, and the commitments it entered into with the Oslo Agreements.

Baroness Chalker of Wallasey

We support the sale of British defence equipment overseas unless there are compelling political, security or strategic reasons for not doing so. Applications for the export of defence equipment to Israel are considered on a case by case basis in the light of these considerations and the international guidelines to which we are committed, agreed by the Five Permanent Members of the Security Council of the United Nations, with other EU member states and in the (then) Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe.