§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the pathogen strains exported from the United Kingdom to Iraq between 1985 and 1989 indicating the date of export.[34846]
§ Mrs. Roche[holding answer 19 March 1998)The Department of Trade & Industry does not compile records of exports to any destination. A list of applications for licences to export to Iraq from the period 1984–90 formed Part A of Appendix A to Sir Richard Scott's Report of the Inquiry into the Export of Defence Equipment and Dual-Use Goods to Iraq and Related Prosecutions.
§ Mr. ClaphamTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many export licence applications were approved between the end of the Gulf War in 1991 and 1997 for shipment to Iraq of growth mediums that could have dual use. [34527]
§ Mrs. Roche[holding answer 16 March 1998]: I refer my hon. Friend to my answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Walsall, South (Mr. George) on 16 March 1998, Official Report, columns 487–90.