HC Deb 09 June 2003 vol 406 cc640-1W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the meeting held by his Department in London in January on export controls of small arms; and what minimum standards were agreed for exports of small arms and light weapons. [117916]

Mr. Straw

I refer the right hon. and learned Member to the answer given by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, my hon. Friend the Member for North Warwickshire (Mr. O'Brien), on 23 May 2003,Official Report, column 782W, and that given by the then International Development Secretary on 10 March 2003, Official Report, column 39W.