To ask the President of the Board of Trade of whom inquiries were made by his Department in the process of investigating allegations concerning British companies' involvement in the sale of electro-shock batons abroad. [7312]

Inquiries were made by the Department of the companies concerned and within government.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the human rights record of the country for which the electronic batons were destined for which his Department issued a trans-shipment licence in 1993; and what monitoring the Department is undertaking of their use. [7313]

I refer the hon. Member to my letter to her of 3 August 1995 in response to her question tabled on 17 July 1995. No further details can be released about this matter.