§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 1 May,Official Report, columns 87–88, if he will list the overseas Governments receiving gifts of defence equipment since April 1992, the date of the gift, the nature of the defence equipment and its estimated value. [22915]
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is as follows:
Country Date Item Value £ Canada 15/10/92 Armoured vehicles 1,600 Nepal 16/02/93 70 light machine guns 7,000 Lebanon 08/10/93 500 self-loading rifles 40,000 Albania 21/12/93 ACR430 system 10,000 France 31/03/94 AR martel missiles 30,000 Belize 11/03/94 Harrier GR3 1,200 Nepal 01/08/94 SLRs LMGs 10,000 Jordan 15/12/94 Single Sea Hunter andspares 22,000 Australia 09/01/95 Gannet MKT5 5,000