HC Deb 30 November 1998 vol 321 c90W
Mrs. Gilroy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what new exceptions there have been to the arms embargo on Argentina. [62008]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

Licences have recently been issued to allow the following exports:

  1. (a) two firearms (deactivated to Argentina specification) to a private individual in Argentina;
  2. (b) nine sets of gun rings and smoke grenade launchers to be mounted on armoured personnel carriers in service with the Argentine contingent of the UN forces in Cyprus;
  3. (c) re-export of radio equipment for the Argentine Gendarmeria after repair by the manufacturer in the United Kingdom;
  4. (d) supply of radio equipment for the Argentina Gendarmeria.

These decisions represent exceptions but not changes to the arms embargo on Argentina, which remains in place unchanged.