Mr. Alan WilliamsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 8 February,Official Report, column 124, if he will give details of that section of the protocol between the Secretary of State for Defence and the Government of Malaysia relating the value of aid to amounts of arms purchased.
§ Mr. GoodladNo. It is established practice that details of Government-to-Government exchanges are confidential.
We will co-operate fully in the inquiry announced by the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs.