§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assistance the Welsh Office Overseas Trade Services section has given to the individual companies who are exhibitors at the International Police and Security Expo 97. [5698]
§ Mr. HainThe Department is not aware of the companies who are exhibiting at this exhibition. Assistance has not been given in respect of this particular event.
§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will ensure that assistance from the Welsh Office Overseas Trade Services section is not provided for the sale of military, security and police equipment to overseas regimes which do not respect the human rights of their citizens. [5695]
§ Mr. HainThe Government will not permit the export of arms and related equipment to regimes which it is thought will use them for internal repression. That commitment is reflected in my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry's decisions on individual export licence applications.
The Welsh Office's Overseas Trade Services section has no role in the consideration of export licence applications.
§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment the Welsh Office Overseas Trade Services section has given to the organisers of the International Police and Security Expo 97. [5697]