HC Deb 12 May 1969 vol 783 c163W
67. Mrs. Anne Kerr

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give an assurance that no Government-controlled firm will be allowed to tender for United States military contracts for British-produced machines to be used in Vietnam.

Mr. Foley

Our policy towards the sale of military equipment to the United States remains as stated by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 16th December, 1968, in reply to a Question by the right hon. Member for Kingston-upon-Thames (Mr. Boyd-Carpenter). We do not sell arms specifically for use in Vietnam. That policy covers Government-controlled as well as private firms.—[Vol. 775, c. 865.]