Iraq: Export of Controlled Goods

HL Deb 30 March 2001 vol 624 cc69-70WA

Lord Tomlinson

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether any goods subject to strategic export controls have recently been approved for export to Iraq. [HL1512]

Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Following consultation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence, the Department of Trade and Industry recently approved licences to export 30 electronic exploders and four Hook and Line Kits, controlled under The Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994, as amended, to the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) for use in a humanitarian mine clearance programme in Northern Iraq under the UN Oil for Food Programme. The export of these goods to Iraq has been approved by the UN Sanctions Committee.