§ Mr. O'Neillasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the criteria whereby equipment ordered for Libya is designated as for the purposes of defence; and if he will make a statement on the number of occasions on which permission to supply the Libyan Government with such equipment has been refused.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkGoods subject to export control are specified in the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1985 (S.I. 1985, No. 849), as amended. Items subject to control as military goods are listed in group I, part II, of schedule I of the order. Since March 1985 seven applications for licences to export such equipment to Libya have been refused.