§ Mr. Wrigglesworthasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries in the last five years have not been allowed to purchase (a) arms and (b) paramilitary equipment from the United Kingdom because the Government have not granted an export licence in view of the relevant country's record on human rights and internal repression.
§ Mr. LuceIt is not our policy to name countries for which arms export licence applications have been turned down. I can assure the hon. Gentleman, however, that the human rights and internal suppression record of the country concerned is among the factors taken fully into account when each application is being considered.