§ 16. Dr. MoonieTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about his Ministry's policy towards the export of military equipment and technology to Iran and Iraq.
§ Mr. AitkenOur policy is to support the UN embargo on exports to Iraq, and to permit exports to Iran only within the policy announced by the then Foreign Secretary on 29 October 1985.
§ 23. Mr. MandelsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the advice given by his Department concerning the export of military technology to the middle east prior to the Gulf war.
§ Mr. AitkenMy Department gave and continues to give advice to other Government Departments on the military implications of specific defence exports.
§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will seek permission from Mr. Frank Machon of the Polmadie Storage and Packing Company Ltd. of Glasgow to make public his correspondence with Her Majesty's Government on the matter of military equipment sales from the United Kingdom to Iraq, Iran and other states on the list of sensitive nations for United Kingdom exports.
§ Mr. AitkenMr. Machon may, if he wishes, publish his own letters to Ministers and officials in my Department646W and their replies to him. He has repeatedly been asked to produce evidence to substantiate his allegations which have already been published in the press.