§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will list the companies granted export licences for the export of electro-shock batons to(a) Egypt, (b) Botswana and (c) Saudi Arabia; [68230]
(2) which British company brokered the trans-shipment of electro-shock batons to Saudi Arabia under the trans-shipment licence granted by his Department in 1993. [68194]
§ Dr. HowellsI refer my hon. Friend to the letter to her, dated 16 July 1998, from my noble Friend Lord Clinton-Davis. A copy of this letter was placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many visits his officials have made to British Aerospace to check that electro-shock batons were not transferred to Saudi Arabia as part of the Al Yamamah deal. [68331]
§ Mr. George RobertsonI have been asked to reply.
Officials from both the Department of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Defence contacted BAe Royal Ordnance following allegations made in a Channel 4 "Dispatches" programme, screened on 11 January 1995. The Company has gone on record to deny the allegations made in the programme.