§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the figures for employment generated by Britain's arms trade and the basis for his Department's calculation of such figures.
§ Mr. LeeSome 120,000 jobs were directly sustained last year by British defence exports. This figure is based upon the totals for such exports appearing in column 2.8 of volume 2 of the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1986" (Cmnd. 9763) divided, by the estimated average output per head in the main defence industries.
§ Mr. Freesonasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the industries and companies contributing to the United Kingdom arms trade.
§ Mr. LeeThe main companies concerned appear in the "British Defence Equipment Catalogue 1986", a copy of which is in the House of Commons Library.