§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many Standard Individual Export Licences have been issued to(a) Sri Lanka and (b) Colombia covering ratings (i) ML1, (ii) ML2, (iii) ML3, (iv) ML11 and (v) 1C350 since 31 December 1997. [107518]
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§ Dr. HowellsDetails of all SIELs and OIELs issued between 1 January and 31 December 1998 were set out in the Government's Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls, published by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; copies are in the Library of the House.
As regards export licences granted between 1 January 1999 and 24 January 2000, the Export Control Organisation's computer databases have been interrogated. Twenty-six Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) were issued covering the export to consignees or end-users in Sri Lanka of goods with the ratings ML1, ML2, ML3, ML11 and 1C350; two such licences were issued for the export of such goods to Colombia.
Standard Individual Export Licences issued between 1 January 1999 and 24 January 2000 covering exports to Sri Lanka or Columbia Rating Number of SIELs issued to Sri Lanka covering goods with this rating Number of SIELs issued to Colombia covering goods with this rating ML1 5 1 ML2 5 0 ML3 6 0 ML11 5 1 1C350 5 0 This information should be considered in light of the answer I gave my hon. Friend the Member for Kingswood (Mr. Berry) on 27 July 1999, Official Report, columns 307–08W.