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Ann Clwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will cancel the invitation to the three Indonesian generals to attend the Royal Navy and British Army equipment exhibition at Farnborough in September 1997. [8907]
Mr. Canavan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will refuse permission for representatives of the Indonesian Government to attend the Farnborough arms fair. [11137]
Mr. Spellar
No. It is well understood by all those who attend RNBAEE that the Government consider licence applications for defence exports on a case-by-case basis. Attendance at the exhibition does not imply that we will license the export of any equipment to any particular country.