§ Mr. IllsleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the Orders in Council relating to arms embargoes circulated to British embassies and high commissions by his Department between 1979 and 1997. [69922]
§ Mr. Tony LloydFrom 1979 to 1997, it was not normal practice to circulate copies of Orders in Council or summaries of them to British Embassies and High Commissions. It was the practice instead to circulate copies of the relevant UN Resolutions. Since July 1998 all FCO Departments and Posts overseas and all Whitehall Departments have been sent details of the scope and provisions of all new sanctions, including arms embargoes.