§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence why, despite his promise of 12th April to answer as soon as possible, he has still not answered the Question first put to him for answer on 29th March by the hon. Member for Salford, East concerning the £8 million contract between British Marconi and the South African Defence Department to supply long-range military equipment for use in Namibia.
§ Mr. MasonI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given yesterday by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull, Central (Mr. McNamara).
§ Mr. Frank Allaunasked the Secretary of State for Defence what assurances have been given him by the Jordanian Government that military equipment which left Jersey for Jordan during April 1976, will not be supplied later to South Africa.
§ Mr. MasonI have nothing to add to the reply given to my hon. Friend on 26th April 1976.—[Vol. 910, c.40.]