HC Deb 17 July 1990 vol 176 cc544-5W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance is provided by the resident military attaché to United Kingdom companies seeking to export military equipment to Iraq.

Mr. Alan Clark

Assistance is offered by the resident military attaché in Baghdad in conformity with the guidelines on the export of defence equipment to both Iran and Iraq announced by my right hon. and learned Friend the then Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary on 29 October 1985 at column 450.