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Armoured Vehicle Exports

Volume 298: debated on Monday 21 July 1997

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To ask the President of the Board of Trade (1) if she will list (a) the export licences granted since 1988 to (i) GKN and (ii) GKN Defence or Glover Webb for the export of Saxon vehicles and (a) their destination; [3385]

(2) which export licences granted since 1988 to (a)

GKN, (b) GKN Defence and (c) Glover Webb for the export of Saxon vehicles covered associated equipment to provide electrified deterrents. [3637]

To search export licences issued for these companies for Saxon vehicles would entail disproportionate cost.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will make a statement on the export licences granted since 1988 to (a) GKN, (b) GKN Defence and (c) Glover Webb for the export of (i) armoured vehicles, (ii) armoured personnel carriers and (iii) internal security vehicles to Nigeria since 1988. [3638]

From readily available records—since 1991—no export licences have been issued to the companies in question for such equipment for Nigeria. Information for the earlier period could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if she will list the export licences granted to (a) Procurement Services International and (b) Greys Defence Systems for the export of Tactica and Hornet vehicles to (i) Brunei, (ii) Malaysia and (iii) Turkey. [3695]

Readily available records show that Procurement Services International was granted two temporary export licences for Tactica vehicles to Turkey. One was in May 1995 and the goods were returned to the UK approximately three months later. The other was in October 1996 and as yet has not been used. A temporary licence was also granted for Hornet vehicles to Malaysia in November 1996. There is no record of licences having been granted to PSI in respect of exports to Brunei. Nor is there any record of export licences having been granted to Greys Defence Systems for the export of Tactica or Hornet vehicles.