HC Deb 14 March 1935 vol 299 cc583-4W
Mr. MANDER

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what countries have abolished the private manufacture of arms?

Sir J. SIMON

According to my information, the manufacture of arms, ammunition and implements of war is an absolute monopoly of the State in the Soviet Union, Greece, Lithuania, Panama, Persia, Portugal and Venezuela. State monopolies also exist in Turkey and Yugoslavia. But in Turkey the Government grants concessions to private industry, and in Yugoslavia the Government grants concessions to private industry for the manufacture of explosives and non-military arms.