HC Deb 18 May 1990 vol 172 c585W
Mr. Rogers

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, further to the reply of the Minister for Defence Procurement of 2 May,Official Report, column 603, what were the trade deals of protocols 1 and 2 with Iraq that required the credit facilities of £275 million and £300 million, respectively.

Mr. Redwood

[holding answer 17 May 1990]: The credit facilities established under protocols 1 and 2 financed in excess of 500 contracts ranging from United Kingdom participation in major Iraqi projects to relatively small contracts for the supply of goods, equipment and pharmaceutical products.