§ Gregory BarkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her Department's policy was towards arms sales to(a) Pakistan and (b) India between December 2001 and June 2002. [65436]
§ Nigel GriffithsI refer the hon. Member to the statements made by my hon. Friend the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 15 March 2002,Official Report, columns 1296–98W and by my noble Friend the Lord Sainsbury of Turville in another place on 28 May 2002, Official Report, House of Lords, columns 1147–49.
§ Gregory BarkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions she has held since December 2001 with the Secretary of State for Defence regarding arms export licence grants to(a) India and (b) Pakistan. [65443]
§ Nigel GriffithsI refer to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence on 2 July 2002,Official Report, column 230W.
§ Gregory BarkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received regarding her Department's arms export application process and legal criteria for such exports to(a) India and (b) Pakistan in each month from December 2001 to June 2002. [65434]
§ Nigel GriffithsMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, the Department's Export Control Organisation and I have received representations regarding arms exports to India and Pakistan from a number of different sources, including Members of Parliament, exporters and the general public.
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