asked the Secretary of State for Trade why he put on the banned list the export of uranium hexafluoride, pressure gauges and other equipment used in the manufacture of ultra-centrifuge plants in November; and if this was a consequence of the failure of the Dutch partners in URENCO to inform the British Government of Dr. Abel Qader Khan's activities until the summer of the current year, over three years after he had left Holland.

:The addition of uranium hexafluoride, pressure gauges and other equipment to the schedule of goods prohibited to be exported was made in the light of a continuous technical review which takes account of nuclear non-proliferation considerations and not as a consequence of the matter to which the hon. Member referred