HC Deb 31 January 1995 vol 253 c609W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 19 January,Official Report, column 593, to the right hon. Member for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale (Sir D. Steel), if he will list for each overseas defence exhibition listed, the number of export licences granted to British firms to permit the temporary export of military technology for display.

Mr. Ian Taylor

The information requested could be extracted only by examining the original licence application papers for all the relevant countries of destination for the periods in question; and this could be done only at disproportionate cost.