§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Defence which countries in the last five years have been allowed to purchase (a) arms and (b) paramilitary equipment from the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. PattieFollowing is a list of 92 countries with which contracts for military equipment have been signed since 1979, and which were notified to the Ministry of Defence. As such, the list, though substantially correct, may not be comprehensive, because not all private orders, particularly those of a minor nature have to be notified to the defence sales organisation. All exports of military equipment as defined in group 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order are of course carefully controlled, and subject to the granting of an export licence by the Department of Trade. It is not, however, possible to provide separate information on sales of paramilitary equipment.
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List of countries with which contracts for defence equipment have been signed since 1979 Abu Dhabi Botswana Algeria Brazil Angola Brunei Argentina* Cameroon Australia Canada Austria Chile Bahamas Colombia Bahrain Denmark Bangladesh Dominican Republic Barbados Dubai Belgium Ecuador Belize Egypt
Finland Panama France Peoples Republic of China Greece Peru Grenada Philippines Guyana Portugal Honduras Romania India Qatar Indonesia Saudi Arabia Iran Seychelles Iraq Sierra Leone Irish Republic Singapore Israel Somalia Italy South Korea Jamaica Spain Japan Sri Lanka Jordan St. Vincent Kenya Sudan Kuwait Surinam Lebanon Swaziland Lesotho Sweden Liberia Switzerland Libya Syria Luxembourg Tanzania Malagasy Thailand Malawi Trinidad and Tobago Malaysia Tunisia Morocco United Arab Emirates Netherlands United States of America New Zealand Uganda Niger Venezuela Nigeria West Germany Norway Yugoslavia Oman Zambia Pakistan Zimbabwe * Embargo imposed following the invasion of the Falkland Islands now prohibits the delivery of any military equipment from the United Kingdom to Argentina.