§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide details of the end-use monitoring undertaken by his Department into the use of Alvis armoured vehicles in Indonesia and East Timor since 1988. [68789]
§ Mr. FatchettNo formal mechanisms exist at present for monitoring the end use that has been made of British defence equipment once it has been exported.
§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement regarding the deployment of British Saladin and Saracen armoured vehicles in East Timor by the Indonesian security forces since 1988. [68788]
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§ Mr. FatchettSaladin and Saracen armoured vehicles were exported to Indonesia in the 1960s. No formal mechanisms exist for monitoring the use of British defence equipment once it has been exported. We have made clear to the Indonesian authorities that British supplied equipment should not be used against civilians to prevent the exercise of their rights of free expression, assembly and association, or in violation of other international human rights standards.