HC Deb 27 March 1986 vol 94 cc561-2W
Mr. Ashdown

asked the Prime Minister what is her policy towards the support by her presence or that of Ministers or senior colleagues at public functions of companies which seek to supply in the United Kingdom goods and products which are sold subject to extraterritorial controls.

The Prime Minister

Decisions about ministerial participation in company functions are based on all available facts, rather than on particular aspects such as foreign claims to extra-territorial controls over a product that a company happens to supply.