HC Deb 13 November 2000 vol 356 cc511-2W
Dr. Starkey

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contacts he has had with the Israeli Government and when, to ascertain that equipment and components licensed for export to the Israeli armed forces by Her Majesty's Government since 1990 have not been used (a) against civilians in the Occupied Territories and (b) in southern Lebanon. [138071]

Mr. Hain

We are, and have been, in regular direct contact with the Israeli Government, including at senior Israeli military official level, as part of our inquiries to confirm that equipment and components licensed for export from the UK have not been used against civilians in the Occupied Territories or southern Lebanon.

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