§ Mr. AltonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 3 April,Official Report, column 970, on how many occasions since 1979 any Minister or relative of a Minister has accepted any financial gift, payment or commission associated with proposed or completed sales of arms to overseas Governments. [19476]
§ Mr. FreemanI am not aware of any such financial gift, payment or commission contrary to the procedures set down for Ministers and their families.