§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement upon the contents of the press release of April 1990 by the firm Walter Somers referring to the clearing by his Department of exports of components to Iraq.
§ Mr. LilleyThe press release of 17 April 1990 from Eagle Trust plc, of which Walter Somers was at that time a subsidiary, refers to Walter Somers' dealings with the Department of Trade and Industry. These references correspond with my Department's records of its dealings with Walter Somers.