§ Lord Brockwayasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list the countries without giving classified details, with whom contracts for military equipment were signed during 1981, and which were notified to the Ministry of Defence.
§ Viscount TrenchardI have listed below the countries with which contracts were signed during 1981 and which were notified to the Ministry of Defence. As such, the list, though substantially correct, may not be completely comprehensive, because not all private orders, particularly those of a minor nature, have to be notified to the Ministry of Defence. All exports of military equipment as defined in Group 1 of the Export of Goods Control Order 1981 are of course carefully controlled, and subject to the granting of an export licence by the Department of Trade. It has been the practice of successive Governments not to reveal details of individual defence sales.
Abu Dhabi Jordon Algeria Kuwait Angola Lebanon Argentina Lesotho Australia Libya Austria Malaysia Bahamas Mozambique Bangledesh Netherlands Botswana New Zealand Brunei Nigeria Cameroon Oman Canada Pakistan Chile People's Republic of China Cyprus Portugal Dubai Qatar Ecuador Saudi Arabia Egypt Seychelles Federal Republic of Germany Singapore Finland Somalia France South Korea Greece Sudan Grenada Sirunam India Swaziland Indonesia Sweden Iraq Syria Irish Republic Trinidad and Tobago Israel Uganda Italy United States of America Jamaica Yugoslavia Japan Zimbabwe