§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what type, quantity and value of arms have been exported to south-east Asia in aggregate, without detailing country by country information, by the United Kingdom, in each year since 1985.
§ Mr. NeedhamThe available information is published regularly by the Ministry of Defence in "UK Defence Statistics" which is available from the Library of the House.
§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade which banks backed the ECGD credits on the successive Government to Government arms deals with Jordan.
§ Mr. NeedhamIt has been the policy of successive Governments not to make public details of individual defence export orders or the related financing arrangements unless the relevant parties have agreed to this. No such agreement has been given in these cases.