§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the process of indirect offset with regard to Arms export licences. [147594]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 29 January 2001]: I have been asked to reply.
Offset (both direct and indirect) is a matter between the customer and the supplier. For the criteria for export licensing, I refer the hon. Member to the answer which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs gave on 26 October 2000, Official Report, columns 199–203W, to my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Laura Moffatt).