§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if his Department takes the United Nations' Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners into account before granting export licences for oversize cuffs, jumbo cuffs and other restraining equipment. [98542]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 22 November 1999]: I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given by the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Neath (Mr. Hain) on 23 November 1999, Official Report, columns 84–85W.