§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in view of the present war in the Middle East, Her Majesty's Government will now cease supplying arms to any Arab State.
§ Lord BalnielNo. We have suspended arms shipments to the battlefield. I do not believe it would be in Britain's best interests to suspend supplies of arms intended for the security of the Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in view of the present war in the Middle East, Her Majesty's Government will now cease training Egyptian or other Arab military or combat personnel.
§ Lord BalnielNo. Personnel from the armed forces of both Israel and the Arab countries were undergoing various training courses when the fighting broke out. I do not think it would be helpful if their participation in the courses was ended and they returned to the battlefield.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether, in view of the breaches of the cease-fire agreement in the Middle East by Egypt and Syria and other Arab States and in view of the supply of arms to Arab States by the Soviet Union, he will now release the supplies of spare parts and ammunition bought and paid for by Israel for the British tanks previously sold by Great Britain to Israel.
§ Lord BalnielNo. As my right hon. Friend said in his statement on 16th October we do not believe that it would be right for us to supply any arms to304W the battlefield while the fighting continues.—[Vol. 861, c. 30–31.]