§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether permission was(a) sought and (b) given, by his Department for the re-export of MP5 submachine guns by MKEK (Turkey) to Indonesia in 1999. [61987]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienNo such permission has either been sought or given by my Department. A licence is not required from the British Government in order to export items from Turkey to Indonesia.