§ Mr. GapesTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the names of those countries in the middle east to which the United Kingdom has sold arms since 1979; and what was the total value of those sales.
§ Mr. AitkenIt has been the policy of successive Governments not to reveal details of arms sales to individual countries. However, the total value of sales to the region since 1979 is some £21 billion.