§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if exports of(a) cannon mounts, (b) cannon components and (c) cannon kits were licensed between 1984 and 1990 for export to Singapore without (i) being licensed under the military list of (ii) an end user statement or certificate being insisted upon. [29164]
§ Mr. Ian TaylorAll the goods listed in the hon. Member's question are military list items and any export licence application in respect of these items would have been considered on that basis. As my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade made clear in his statement to the House on 13 June 1995,Official Report, columns 595–97, items on the military list were on occasion exported without full supporting documentation being insisted on. However, in all cases the licence application form includes a formal statement of the end user.
An answer to this question would require the detailed examination of several hundred licence applications, which would entail seriously disproportionate cost. however, I shall bear the hon. Member's question in mind in the course of any further research into export licences granted for Singapore.