HC Deb 28 June 1988 vol 136 c209W
12. Mr. Ted Garrett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the duties of the Defence Export Services Organisation's assistant regional marketing directors 2a, 2c and 4b with regard to sales of defence equipment and services to Syria, Libya and the Communist bloc countries, respectively.

63. Mr. Andrew F. Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the duties of the Defence Export Services Organisation's assistant regional marketing directors 2a, 2c and 4b with regard to sales of defence equipment and services to Syria, Libya and the Communist bloc countries, respectively.

100. Mr. Patchett

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the duties of the Defence Export Services Organisation's assistant regional marketing directors 2a, 2c and 4b with regard to sales of defence equipment and services to Syria, Libya and the Communist bloc countries respectively.

Mr. Sainsbury

Assistant regional marketing directors are allocated ranges of countries to concentrate on. The Government have imposed an embargo on new defence exports to Libya and Syria, and defence sales to the Warsaw Pact are not promoted. Assistant regional marketing directors are not therefore assisting British companies to market their products in these countries, but are advising companies of the restrictions which apply.

56. Mr. Hind

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a further statement on the Defence Export Services Organisation's performance in export markets between June 1983 and June 1988.

Mr. Sainsbury

As the Defence White Paper makes clear, the role of the Defence Export Services Organisation is to help United Kingdom defence manufacturers market and sell their products overseas. The DESO has made a valuable contribution to the increasing success of British defence companies in the defence export market over the period since June 1983.

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