§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will commission an inquiry into the underwriting of the export of artillery shells from British companies to Iran since 1985. [15625]
§ Mr. OppenheimI have been asked to reply.
Export licences for export of weapons to Iran have not been available since 1980, and therefore the ECGD would not have underwritten applications for export of artillery shells to Iran during the period since 1985.