Defence Exports (Hansard, 31 July 1997)

§ 29. Mr. Greenway
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what measures her Department is taking to support defence-related exports. [10054]

§ Mr. Nigel Griffiths
The Ministry of Defence's export services organisation leads the Government effort on supporting defence-related exports. My Department maintains a close dialogue with the industry on the whole range of issues affecting competitiveness. The full range of Export Credits Guarantee Department's facilities are available for defence as well as for civil-related exports.

§ Dr. Tonge
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what arms and defence-related materials have been licensed for export by the United Kingdom to(a) Burundi, (b) Djibouti, (c) Eritrea, (d) Ethiopia, (e) Kenya, (f) Rwanda (g) Somalia, (h) Sudan, (i) Uganda and (j) Zaire in the period since 1990. [8998]

§ Mrs. Roche
[holding answer 23 July 1997]: I will write to the hon. Member as soon as possible and place a copy of that letter in the Library.

§ Mr. Howard
To ask the President of the Board of Trade what contracts permitted by the previous Government she intends to prohibit in accordance with the criteria set out in the answer of the Foreign Secretary to the hon. Member for East Ham (Mr. Timms) of 28 July,Official Report, columns 26–29. [11887]

§ Mrs. Roche
I refer the right hon. and learned Member to the answer given to him by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs today.

§ Mr. Faber
To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list, by year, those arms exports for which her Department has refused an export licence since 1987. [11058]

§ Mrs. Roche
[holding answer 28 July 1997]: I will write to the hon. Member shortly and place a copy in the Library of House.