To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if his Department has any knowledge of the corporate involvement between the Technology Development Group (TDG) of London and the Swiss firm of Schmiedemeccanica of Lugano; and what assessment his Department has made of the role of TDG in exporting sensitive technologies to Iraq.
[holding answer 22 October 1990]: My Department is not able to confirm any information about possible links between TDG Ltd. and Schiedemeccanica SA. Exports of goods and technologies as described by the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989 (as amended) require export licences. No applications for such licences have been received from TDG Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has initiated any investigation into the
| Table 1 | ||||||||||
| Scheme name | Region | Length kms | Contract let date | Completion date | Cost £ million1 | NPV | Originally predicted traffic flows for 1989 (annual average daily traffic) | Actual traffic flows for 1989 (annual average daily traffic) | ||
| Estimated Outturn | ||||||||||
| A1 | Penmanshiel Diversion | Borders | 1·7 | October 1981 | September 1982 | 3·0 | 3·4 | -0·834 | 5,800 | 5,700 |
| A74 | Johnstone Bridge | Dumfries and Galloway | 1·8 | April 1981 | March 1983 | 1·2 | 1·8 | -0·250 | 18,300 | 18,900 |
| A75 | Carsluith Diversion | Dumfries and Galloway | 3·0 | October 1981 | November 1982 | 1·1 | 1·5 | -0·521 | 2,700 | 3,200 |
| A94 | Syde and Pert Improvement | Grampian | 2·9 | February 1981 | September 1982 | 2·6 | 3· | -0·911 | 27,000 | 11,700 |
trading operations of the Technology and Development Group, based in London, in regard to its role in the procurement of military usable technology for Iraq.
[holding answer 22 October 1990]: Officials in my Department have had discussions with the Technology and Development Group. It is not our practice to disclose the nature of such discussions.