HC Deb 28 June 2000 vol 352 cc536-7W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the(a) use and (b) location of British arms exported to Indonesia; and if he will make a statement. [127891]

Mr. Battle

We are in close touch with our Embassy in Jakarta on this issue and we have seen no evidence that any of the reduced amount of military equipment supplied by this Administration has been used for internal repression in Indonesia. We have asked for and received assurances from the Indonesian Government that UK supplied equipment, wherever it is located in Indonesia, is not used for internal repression.

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