§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the President of the Board of Trade in how many cases export licences for sporting rifles and ammunition for Rhodesia have been withheld or delayed; how much such orders were worth; and what was the reason for this action.
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§ Mr. JayNo applications for licences to export sporting rifles and ammunition to Rhodesia have been refused in the last six months. Each application is dealt with as promptly as the circumstances permit.
§ Mr. Biggs-Davisonasked the President of the Board of Trade what study he ordered of the extent to which there would be a loss of export orders of all kinds as a result of the Government's embargoes on the sale of armaments to South Africa, Spain and Portugal.
§ Mr. JayNone. I do not consider that trade with South Africa outside the embargo will be materially affected. The question of licensing supplies of arms to Spain has not yet come up for decision. There is no embargo on the export of arms to Portugal, but licences are not granted for the export of arms to Portuguese overseas territories.