HC Deb 26 June 2002 vol 387 c890W
Mr. Jenkins

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on export controls on UK companies selling arms to Israel. [63970]

Nigel Griffiths

Companies exporting arms and other items controlled for strategic reasons from the UK to Israel require an export licence from the Department of Trade and Industry's Export Control Organisation.

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary to the right hon. and learned Member for North-East Fife (Mr. Campbell) on 15 April 2002, Official Report, columns 722–23W.