§ 28. Mr. Copeasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether British Aerospace or its constituent companies have manufactured any of the arms to be given to Zambia as a result of the Prime Minister's visit to Kano.
§ Mr. MulleyI would refer to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 2nd November. It is not the practice to reveal the details of arms supplies to individual countries.
§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether he will state the dates of resignation from the Army, Royal Navy or Royal Air Force of any personnel who have been, or are likely in the immedate future to be, sent to Zambia to assist in the installation, operation or defence of missiles supplied under the recent agreement;
(2) to whom any civilian personnel assigned to the recent transfer of missiles to Zambia will be reporting;
(3) what contingencies have been covered in issuing instructions to British personnel assigned to Zambia under the recent arms transfer agreement;
(4) in what circumstances British personnel assigned to Zambia under the recent arms transfer agreement have been instructed to immobilise their weapons;
(5) on which departmental vote the salaries and other expenses of British personnel assigned to Zambia under the recent arms agreement will be carried; and what he expects the total monthly costs to be.
§ Mr. MulleyI refer to the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary on 2nd
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RAF Brawdy RNAD Trecwn RNAD Milford Haven Whole of Pembrokeshire 1st April 1968 … … 222 719 331 — 1st April 1969 … … 225 696 362 — 1st April 1970 … … 213 828 361 — 1st April 1971 … … 112 819 356 — 1st April 1972 … … 62 651 326 — 1st April 1973 … … 66 637 313 — 1st April 1974 … … 88 598 310 — 1st April 1975 … … 183 609 333 — 1st April 1976 … … 201 613 334 1,562 1st April 1977 … … 209 576 337 1,478 1st April 1978 … … 213 561 323 1,411 November. No British personnel are being assigned to Zambia in support of this assistance and any training would be carried out in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Defence what guarantees he has that classified information involved in the transfer, maintenance or operation of any advanced British weapon systems supplied to Zambia under the recent arms agreement will not be supplied to other powers.
§ Mr. MulleyNo equipment is being supplied which will compromise the security of our own weapons systems.
§ Mr. Ian Lloydasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether any of the weapons systems recently supplied to Zambia under the recent arms sales agreement are required to bring any section of the British Armed Services up to prescribed equipment standards.
§ Mr. MulleyWe are not supplying any equipment at detriment to United Kingdom forces.