To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the volumes and nature of equipment and raw materials exported from the United Kingdom to Iraq since 1980 that are likely to have been used in manufacture of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. [30956]

The Ministry of Defence receives export licence applications, referred to it for review, and intelligence on Iraq. Assessments are made of Iraq's nuclear, biological and chemical weapons programmes and are continually reviewed by technical experts within my Department.