asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) to which countries military aircraft have been sold in the past 10 years;(2) to which countries warships have been sold in the past 10 years.
It has been the practice of successive Governments not to disclose such information.
asked the Secretary of State For Defence how many and which types of British missiles have been sold to Argentina.
Over a period of years Argentina has purchased Tigercat, Seacat, Blowpipe and Sea Dart, all of which are British manufactured surface-to-air missiles.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the countries in Latin America which, until the start of the Falkland Islands emergency, were sold military equipment by the United Kingdom.
Over the last 10 years the majority of Latin American countries have purchased items of British military equipment, although in some cases the quantities have been very small.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the value of military sales to Argentina from the United Kingdom for each of the past five years.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the ships, arms and other forms of military equipment that have been sold by the United Kingdom to the Argentinian authorities since May 1979; and what was the total cost of such items.
The value of sales in the past five years is as follows:
| £ million | |
| 1977 | 0·7 |
| 1978 | 4·9 |
| 1979 | 62·6 |
| 1980 | 46·7 |
| 1981 | 12·5 |