HC Deb 27 January 1995 vol 253 cc396-7W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what information his Department has in respect of, and in what ways it is supporting, trade missions to Latin American countries in January and February; what is the involvement of such trade missions in the sale or arrangement for sale of items classified under section 5 (1) (b) of the Firearms Act 1968; and if he will list the items which are so classified.

Mr. Ian Taylor

[holding answer 26 January 1995]: A trade mission organised by the Caribbean trade advisory group of the British Overseas Trade Board will visit Cuba in early February. None of the planned members of the mission is involved in the sale or arrangement for sale of items classified under section 5(1)(b) of the Firearms Act 1968.