HC Deb 14 February 1995 vol 254 cc558-9W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the British companies which were given licences to attend the Eurohied and Intertech exhibitions held in Baghdad in November.

Mr. Needham

It has been the practice of successive administrations not to disclose such information unless the public interest outweighs the requirements of confidentiality.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 20 January,Official Report, column 760, on what occasions Ministers or officials in his Department have met any representatives of the Iraqi British interests group, and for what purposes, since sanctions began.

Mr. Needham

Although Ministers and officials may for a variety of reasons have met representatives of the companies involved in the Iraq British interests group, there have been no meetings with the Iraq British interests group's organisers since its formation.

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