HC Deb 03 July 1995 vol 263 cc66-7W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the overseas countries in which British weaponry may be sold. [31497]

Mr. Ian Taylor

Anywhere where there is no embargo, in which respect I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen) by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 16 January 1995.Official Report, column 283.

Decisions on export licence applications are, however, taken in light of established criteria to which we are committed, including those agreed by the European Union, Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the permanent five members of the United Nations Security Council.

Mr. Redmond

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list those countries in which an embargo on selling British weaponry has been lifted during the last 12 months. [31496]

Mr. Taylor

Haiti and Syria, with a UN call for voluntary restraint—not an arms embargo—on the supply of military equipment to Yemen also lapsing during the year.