§ Lieut. - Commander KENWORTHYasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what restrictions on the export of arms from this country are in force; whether a licence is required to export arms and munitions; who is responsible for the issue of such licences; and whether any arms have been exported from this country to Ibn Saud, King of the Hejaz and of Nejd, or his feudatories, since the present Government took office?
§ Mr. H. WILLIAMS,pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 13th March, 1928; col. 1723, Vol. 214] supplied the following information:
Three licences only have been issued for the exportation of war material from the United Kingdom to the Hejaz since November, 1924, namely, one for 2,000,000 Lee-Enfield cartridges on 9th November, 1927, one for 400,000 chargers (cartridge clips) on 22nd November, 1927, and one for 2,000,000 Lee-Enfield cartridges on 1st March of this year.