HC Deb 24 November 1995 vol 267 cc385-6W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how evidence of wrongdoing referred to in his answer of 6 November,Official Report, column 551, will be investigated in the absence of information on export licences granted prior to 1987 at the Department of Trade and Industry; and what are the specific criteria against which wrongdoing is assessed in this investigation; [1982]

(2) which body will undertake the investigation referred to in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551; and what is the estimated date for completion of the investigation; [1981]

(3) when the United Nations Special Commission referred information, which was referred to in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551, to the British Government; and what it expected the British Government to do with that information; [1983]

(4) over what period and in which goods the British companies mentioned in the UNSCOM evidence, referred to in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551, were trading with Iraq; [1984]

(5) if the information provided by the United Nations Special Commission in his answer of 6 November, Official Report, column 551, is being investigated at present. [1980]

Mr. David Davis

I refer the hon. Member to my letters of 24 July and 25 September and to my replies of 27 October,Official Report, column 862, and 6 November, Official Report, column 551.

I also refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Leyton (Mr. Cohen) on 21 November, Official Report, column 68.

I have nothing further to add to previous answers to questions on this subject.

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