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Arms Sales (Iraq)

Volume 263: debated on Monday 17 July 1995

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what military equipment used by Iraq in the Gulf war and subsequently discovered by the United Kingdom and its allies was (a) manufactured in the United Kingdom and (b) purchased from the United Kingdom; and from which companies it derived. [35094]

No comprehensive record was kept of the large quantities of Iraqi equipment captured by the allies during the Gulf conflict. However, some electrical items or components of British manufacture were found. Exports of defence equipment to Iraq are currently being investigated by Sir Richard Scott.