§ Norman. LambTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list those countries which have during the last 12 months imported defence equipment from the USA which incorporates equipment exported from the UK to the USA following the granting of an export licence by her Department. [69110]
§ Nigel Griffiths[holding answer 11 July 2002]: The Department of Trade and Industry's Export Control Organisation does not hold records on actual exports of defence equipment from the USA to a third country.
All relevant export licence applications, including where it is understood that the items are to be incorporated into products for onward export, are rigorously assessed on a case by case basis against the consolidated EU and national arms export licensing criteria, in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the time. I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Foreign. Secretary to my hon. Friend the Member for Sherwood (Mr. Tipping) on 8 July 2002, Official Report, columns 650–52W.
§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she will determine export licence application 33863 in respect of(a) an order for CHAFF and (b) a repeat order for defensive infra-red flares. [70794]
§ Nigel Griffiths[holding answer 19 July 2002]: Licences to export arms and other items whose export is controlled for strategic reasons are issued by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry acting through the Export Control Organisation.
A decision has not yet been reached on export licence application 33863, but will be taken as quickly as possible consistent with the need to give full consideration to the issues involved.