§ Mr. Terlezkiasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps Her Majesty's Government take to prevent equipment of technological value to the Soviet armed forces or industrial equipment of potential military or intelligence use being exported to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; whether he has any information about such items being exported to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. ChannonExports to the Soviet Union and its allies of strategic high technology equipment and know-how are controlled by the United Kingdom and its allies on an agreed basis worked out by an international coordinating committee known as COCOM. In the United Kingdom strategic export controls are given effect through the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1981 which is administered by the Export Licensing Branch of my Department. HM Customs and Excise are responsible for enforcement of the controls.