§ Mr. Corbynasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to refrain from granting export licences for military equipment to Chile.
§ Mr. ChannonI have been asked to reply.
Applications for licences to export military equipment to Chile and other countries are considered individually and on their merits, taking into account all relevant factors, including the nature of the regime of the importing country and the use to which the equipment may be put.
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