To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the policy which applied to the training of Iraqi soldiers and airmen undertaken in the United Kingdom prior to the invasion of Kuwait, the numbers involved each year and the kind of training given to the members of the Iraqi armed forces.

Her Majesty's Government take all relevant factors into account, including the treatment of human rights in the countries concerned, when considering the provision of military training. So far as the details of MOD training for Iraqis is concerned, I have nothing to add to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member on 16 January at column 501.