HC Deb 23 November 1992 vol 214 cc499-500W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer on the Iraqi defence industry to the hon. Member for South Shields on 18 November,Official Report, column 251, if he will make a statement about the conclusions of his Department's study into the Iraqi defence industry and its military procurement activity; when this study was concluded; and whether he intends to publish it.

Mr. Aitken

Iraq's defence industry and military procurement activity are subjects of continuing study in my Department. The large scale of Iraq's military production capability and the extensive nature of its international procurement activity have been revealed in the studies we have undertaken. Security considerations preclude the publication of such studies.

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