HC Deb 05 July 1988 vol 136 c481W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what specific steps he has recently taken to limit extraterritorial control over United Kingdom high technology by the United States Government; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Alan Clark

There is no extraterritorial control on United Kingdom high technology as such. But when an element of United States origin, either physical or intellectual, is present the United States Government make claims, which we have rejected on many occasions, on the ground that United Kingdom sovereignty is infringed. We have made representations on the extraterritorial aspects of United States export controls on technical data, in connection with the review currently being undertaken by the United States Department of Commerce. We have also reached an understanding with the United States on export controls for supercomputers which respects our position on extraterritoriality.

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