HC Deb 13 January 1978 vol 941 cc848-9W
Mr. Newens

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek from the Government of El Salvador further clarification of statements made by their spokesmen on the conditions on which the £850,000 worth of defence equipment to be purchased from the United Kingdom is to be supplied before this equipment is delivered.

Mr. Whitehead

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on the guarantees sought and received from the Government of El Salvador regarding the future use of weapons supplied by Great Britain in the context of the Belize dispute, and in the light of the recent statements of the Foreign Minister of El Salvador quoted in the Latin American Newsletter.

Mr. Rowlands

I would refer my hon. Friends to an answer given by my right hon. Friend in answer to a Question from my hon. Friend the Member for Kingston upon Hull, Central (Mr. McNamara) on 16th December.—[Vol. 941, c. 484–5.]—I am advised that subsequent reports in the Latin America Political Report and elsewhere, attributing certain statements to the Foreign Minister of El Salvador, are incorrect.