§ Ms KinghamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what military list and police and paramilitary list items designated ML and PL on the Export of Goods Control Order (1994) have been licensed to the Channel Islands for the periods(a) between June 1996 and April 1997 and (b) since 1 May 1997; what records her Department holds of subsequent exports from the Channel Islands of these items; and whether they are included in her Department's export licensing statistics under the ECLIPS System. [23585]
§ Mrs. RocheThe Export Control Organisation's computer databases have been interrogated and the results are as follows.
Between 1 June 1996 and 1 May 1997, 72 standard individual licences and 10 Open Individual Licences were issued for the export to the Channel Islands of goods controlled by Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order (the so-called "Military List"). Between 2 May and 24 December 1997, 44 standard individual licences and 1 Open Individual Licence were issued for such exports.
This answer should be read in the context of my answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) on 30 October 1997, Official Report, columns 870–71.
The Department of Trade and Industry is not the licensing authority for exports from the Channel Islands, although it is generally consulted on individual cases by their officials. A paper record of such consultations is retained by the Department, but details are not entered on the ECLIPS computer database.