§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the applications for export licences for military equipment made by BMARC since 1985 which were examined by his Department in conjunction with the export control office. [30524]
§ Mr. NelsonI have been asked to reply.
As a matter of course, my Department circulates all export licence applications dealt with under the military list to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and to the Ministry of Defence.
BMARC made the following export licence applications from 1985 to 1990. All were dealt with under the military list.
Number 1985 144 1986 128 1987 171 1988 BMARC 126 1988 Astra Defence Systems 3 1989 BMARC 50 1989 Astra Defence Systems 43 1990 Astra Defence Systems 172 1985–90 Total 837