Defence Equipment (Overseas Sales)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 19 February 1991.

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Photo of Mr Allan Rogers Mr Allan Rogers , Rhondda 12:00, 19 February 1991

Further to the remarks by my hon. Friends the Members for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) and for Bradford, South (Mr. Cryer), coalition forces in the Gulf are now faced by Iraqi troops who have weapons supplied by coalition countries. Surely that demonstrates the need for more effective control of the arms trade, especially in the light of the fact that in his main answer the Minister said that we should supply arms to friendly foreign countries, which Iraq recently was. Will the Government give the highest priority to the issue of the introduction of weapons into an unstable area, such as the middle east, as soon as the war is over?