§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer to the right hon. Member for Copeland (Dr. Cunningham) of 25 January,Official Report, column 146, regarding the proposed memorandum of understanding on defence procurement, on what date in June 1988 the Secretary of State for Defence wrote to the Malaysian Minister to say that aid could not be linked to defence sales.
§ Mr. Goodlad[holding answer 3 March 1994]: On 28 June 1988.
§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 8 February,Official Report, column 124, regarding the protocol agreed in March 1988 between the then Secretary of State for Defence and the Government of Malaysia, how the issue of the linkage of aid and defence sales was eventually taken up.
§ Mr. Goodlad[holding answer 3 March 1994]: As I made clear in my reply of 8 February, Official Report, column 124, the Secretary of State for Defence wrote to the Malaysian Minister of Finance in June 1988 to say that aid could not be linked to defence sales. As a result the issue was not taken up in the memorandum of understanding on defence procurement signed in September 1988.