§ Dr. StarkeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what contacts his Department has had with the Israeli Government, on what dates, to ascertain that equipment and components licensed for export to the Israeli armed forces by Her Majesty's Government since 1990 have not been used(a) against civilians in the Occupied Territories and (b) in Southern Lebanon. [138715]
§ Dr. HowellsMy Department has had no such contact with the Israeli Government.
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office would take the lead in any such contact, and I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given to her by the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Neath (Mr. Hain), on 13 November 2000, Official Report, column 511W.