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Housing Action TrustsHousing Corporation
Housing for Wales
Industrial Training Boards
Land Authority for Wales
Local Authority Airports
Local Authority Bus companies
London Regional Transport
National Health Service Trusts
New Town Development Corporations and Commission
Northern Ireland Electricity Service
Northern Ireland Housing Executive
Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company
Northern Ireland Trust Ports
Nuclear Electric plc
Oil and Pipelines Agency
Passenger Transport Executives
Patent Office
Post Office Corporation
Remploy Ltd
Royal Mint
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Homes
Scottish Nuclear Ltd
Scottish Transport Group
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Urban Development Corporations
Vehicle Inspectorate
Welsh Development Agency
Welsh Fourth Channel Authority
Also included in the public sector are local authority enterprises other than those in the table. No comprehensive list is held centrally ; however the information that is available is published in the Business Monitor MA23, "Sector Classification for the National Accounts", which is available in the House Library.
Company Cars
Mr. Nicholas Winterton : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has recently received concerning the impact upon the purchase of company cars of uncertainty about the future arrangements for company car taxation ; and what assessment he has made of the effect of that uncertainty upon company and fleet car sales by United Kingdom manufacturers.
Mr. Dorrell : United Kingdom car manufacturers have generally welcomed the proposal to move to a price-based system for taxing company cars. Some recent representations have noted the effects of future uncertainty on sales and sought decisions on the details and timing of the change at the earliest possible date. These effects are by their nature not directly measurable. We appreciate however the importance to the industry and others of certain and stable arrangements for company cars.
Budget Proposals
Mr. Vaz : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings he has had with hon. Members to discuss representations by their constituents on proposals being considered for his Budget.
Mr. Lamont : I have had several such meetings.
Supply Estimates
Mr. Morgan : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he will publish the 1993-94 supply estimates.
Mr. Dorrell : Tuesday 9 March.
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Redundancies
Mr. Churchill : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list, in respect of the current and next three financial years, the cost to the Exchequer of redundancy payments in respect of job losses and redundancies (a) in mining and related industries in the event that the proposals of 13 October 1992 are implemented, (b) in the armed forces under "Options for Change" and (c) in other fields ; and what is his estimate of the overall cost of unemployment and other social security benefits to which those redundancies will give rise for each year that those made redundant remain unemployed.
Mr. Portillo : The amount and timing of grant payments to British Coal in respect of redundancies will depend on the pattern of voluntary redundancies and on the decisions about pit closures taken by the corporation in the light of the coal review, the outcome of which will be announced in a White Paper to be published shortly. The effect on related industries will depend on these decisions. Payments to the armed forces under "Options for Change" are :
|£ million
------------------------------
1992-93 |160
1993-94 |370
1994-95 |350
1995-96 |-
(Rounded to the nearest £10
million.
These figures are the sum of the special capital compensation payments to armed forces personnel made redundant as part of the transition to new force structures, together with the net present value of the extra costs associated with the early payment of both their pension lump sums and their annual pensions.
It is not possible to estimate the costs of paying benefits for each year those made redundant remain unemployed ; it is not known how quickly they will get jobs and the level of social security benefits payable depends on the characteristics of the individuals.
Income Tax
Mr. Burns : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his current estimate of the cost to the Exchequer of a reduction of one penny in the basic rate of income tax.
Mr. Dorrell : About £1.6 billion in 1993-94, and £1.7 billion in 1994-95, if the reduction applied from the beginning of the 1993 -94 tax year. The costs include the effect of the reduction in receipts of advance corporation tax, and the consequent effect on receipts of mainstream corporation tax. They are based on the same assumptions as those used in table 5.6 of the "Autumn Statement 1992", Cm. 2096 but have been corrected to allow for an error which applied only to these two figures.
Developing Countries (Debt)
Mr. Burns : To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress Her Majesty's Government have made in tackling the problem of developing countries' external debt during 1992.
Mr. Nelson : The Government have made substantial progress in dealing with developing country debt issues during 1992.
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The Government are directly responsible for official bilateral debts. Proposals for rescheduling or restructuring such debts are dealt with multilaterally through the Paris club of creditor countries.The Paris club reached agreements with 18 countries during 1992, involving the rescheduling or restructuring of over US$10 billion of bilateral official debt. Three agreements were with middle-income countries-- Argentina, Brazil and Bulgaria--and a further four were with lower middle- income countries--Cameroon, Ecuador, Jordan, and Morocco--which benefited from more generous rescheduling arrangments involving longer grace and repayment periods, known as "Houston" terms.
I am delighted to announce, however, that the majority of agreements, 11 in all, were concluded on Trinidad terms. The countries concerned were Bolivia, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea Republic, Honduras, Mali, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. This follows from the Paris club's decision in December 1991 to begin implementing the initiative of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister for providing concessional relief to the very poorest indebted countries.
In addition to the countries listed, Nicaragua and Benin benefited from Trinidad terms in 1991, and Mauritania in 1993, making 14 beneficiaries in all so far.
Trinidad terms provide for the equivalent of cancellation of up to half the eligible debt consolidated by the agreements. Each agreement contains an undertaking by creditors to consider the case for a reduction in the whole stock of the debtor countries' eligible debt to the Paris club after a period of proven economic and financial responsibility. During 1992 Trinidad terms agreements covered over US$3 billion of debt entailing the forgiving of over US$1 billion over the life of the agreements. Including Nicaragua, Benin, and Mauritania, over US$4 billion of debt has been restructured under Trinidad terms, and about US$1 billion forgiven over the life of the agreements.
DUCHY OF LANCASTER
Research Programmes
Mr. Cousins : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pursuant to his answer of 26 January to the hon. Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Duncan), Official Report, column 606, if he will place in the Library the Government's papers to the December European Community Council on the future management of research programmes and the evaluation of existing research programmes.
Mr. Waldegrave : A copy of the evaluation of the second framework programme was placed in the Library in October last year. The United Kingdom's paper "Excellence in EC Programme Management--Looking ahead to Framework Programme IV" was an informal discussion document. However, given the general interest, I have on this occasion placed a copy of the paper in the Library.
Public Bodies
Mrs. Peacock : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what change there has been in the proportion of women being appointed to public bodies between the last year for which data are available and the previous year.
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Mr. Robert Jackson : The percentage of appointments to public bodies held by women has increased from 23 per cent. in 1991 to 26 per cent. at 1 September 1992. Further details are available in the 1992 edition of "Public Bodies" published recently, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.
Quangos
Mr. Sproat : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all those non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible, which have the power to compel individuals, firms, companies or other institutions to carry out their instructions at the expense of the individuals, firms, companies or other institutions, and also to charge fees for the cost to the non-departmental public bodies of assessing the work which needed to be done.
Mr. Waldegrave : No non-departmental public body for which my Department is responsible has such a power.
Market Testing
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all the market tests that have taken place in his Department since November 1991 ; whether the result was the maintenance of in-house provision or whether the service was contracted out ; what was the name of the successful contractor where appropriate ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : The market tests completed since November 1991 by the Office of Public Service and Science, including its agencies, Her Majesty's Stationery Office and the Central Office of Information and the outcome of these tests is as follows :
Activity tested |Outcome
(and area)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Conference and event |Contracted out to Viewplan
management |Ltd
(CCTA)
Data preparation |Contracted out to Alpha
(Chessington Computer Centre) |Numeric
Reprographic services |Contracted out to Williams Lea
(COI) |Ltd
Security and reception services |Retained in-house
(Recruitment and Assessment
Services)
Training |Contracted out to Skill
(Chessington Computer Centre) |Advance and to Data Training
Mr. McAllion : To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff in his Department are assigned to the market testing programme ; how much the programme has cost his Department since November 1991 ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Waldegrave : There are seven full-time and 41 part-time staff currently engaged on market testing in the Office of Public Service and Science, including its Agencies, HMSO and COI. The cost of market testing since November 1991 has been £705,000.
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LORD CHANCELLOR'S DEPARTMENT
Legal Aid
Mr. Robert Banks : To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the amount of money paid out by the Legal Aid Board area offices at Newcastle upon Tyne and Leeds during the last financial year.
Mr. John M. Taylor : The Legal Aid Board makes all payments centrally through its accounts office in London. It is therefore only possible to make estimates of the amount attributable to each area office. Estimates for the year ending 31 March 1992 for the area offices in question are as follows :
|£ million
----------------------------------------
Newcastle upon Tyne |40.7
Leeds |52.9
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Correspondence
Mr. Meacher : To ask the President of the Board of Trade, pursuant to his answer of 14 December 1992, Official Report, column 25, when he expects to write with the details of the countries which have been subject to the United Kingdom's arms embargoes over the last 20 years.
Mr. Needham : I wrote to the hon. Gentleman on 13 January giving the information he requested.
Ship Building
Mr. Hutton : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the future world demand for new merchant ships ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Sainsbury : It is not possible to make an accurate forecast of future world demand for merchant ships. However, it is generally expected that there will be an upturn in demand in the second half of the decade. It is likely that existing world merchant ship capacity will be adequate to meet the demand.
Infrastructure Projects
Mr. Bell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what provision his Department has made to approve infrastructure projects during the course of 1992.
Mr. Eggar : My right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade has powers to approve the development of infrastructure in a number of areas. In 1992, following the merger of the Department of Energy with the DTI, he approved the construction of two power stations, the extension of three power stations, 954 overhead power lines, two cross-country gas pipelines and one gas pipeline landfall. The President also granted licences which will allow 12 companies to develop fixed telecommunications networks in the United Kingdom.
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Overseas Markets
Mr. Bell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what studies have been made within his Department concerning the obtaining of access for British companies to overseas markets by way of goods, services and finance ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham : My Department continually monitors overseas market access for United Kingdom traders and takes action as and when appropriate.
Government Contracts
Mr. Bell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how his Department is monitoring the tendering of contracts by Governments of EC member states within the framework of the single market.
Mr. Needham : Responsibility for monitoring the application and effectiveness of EC law on public procurement lies with the European Commission in co-operation with member states. Her Majesty's Treasury represents the United Kingdom in that context and co-ordinates responses to alleged breaches of the rules in the United Kingdom. My Department's single market compliance unit is available to provide advice to any United Kingdom supplier who suspects that the rules are being broken by a purchaser in another member state. The principal means of enforcement, however, lies in the hands of potential suppliers and contractors who can take direct legal action if they are harmed by a purchaser's failure to follow the rules.
Bicycles
Mr. Bell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade on what occasion since February 1992 Her Majesty's Government have been consulted by the European Commission regarding the importation of Chinese bicycles ; what representations were made to the Commission by the Government ; what was the result of the Commission's preliminary investigation ; when it was received by the Government ; what action has been taken by his Department ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham : Last December the Commission consulted member states about the preliminary findings of their anti-dumping investigation into bicycle imports from China and Taiwan. For China, dumping causing injury to European Community producers was established and the Commission proposed a provisional anti-dumping duty of 34.4 per cent. to prevent further injury while the investigation was completed. For Taiwan, dumping was found to be de minimis and so no action was proposed. The Government informed the Commission on 21 December that we accepted its conclusions. It is now for the Commission to decide whether to adopt its proposals.
Mr. Bell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received regarding the import of bicycles from China and Taiwan ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham : My Department has received representations from United Kingdom bicycle manufacturers arguing for restrictions on Chinese and Taiwanese imports as well as from United Kingdom importers and retailers
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who consider that trade should remain unimpeded. Other issues raised include the safety of imported bicycles as well as the customs duties imposed on both complete machines and their components.Access to British Markets
Mr. Bell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what studies have been made within his Department concerning the control of access to the British market by way of goods, services and finance ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Needham : Import policy issues are regularly and frequently analysed by my Department.
Military Equipment
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what capacity his Department has to evaluate the post-sale veracity of end-use commitments made in export licence applications for sensitive and dual-use military equipment.
Mr. Needham : My export control organisation has the capacity to evaluate information from a wide range of sources--not least from exporters themselves--about the actual end-use of controlled goods. This information is taken into account in considering what action should be taken against evasion of controls, and what decisions should be made on future export licence applications where similar evasion might be attempted.
Yugoslavia
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make it his policy to investigate which of the exports to the former Yugoslavia--listed by the Minister of Trade to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent in his letter of 5 February--were in fact sent to the former Yugoslavia having been awarded an export licence.
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish in the Official Report the schedule of licences granted for the export of military goods to Yugoslavia for the period 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1992 included in the letter of 5 February to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent by the Minister of Trade.
Mr. Needham : Following is the schedule and my covering letter to the hon. Member :
Dear Llew
I am now able to let you have the attached schedule of licences granted for the export of military goods to Yugoslavia, as promised in the Prime Minister's reply to your Parliamentary Question (Hansard 23 November, column 456).
Your request for quantities has necessitated an examination of individual licences, which is extremely time-consuming ; to go back to 1979 as you requested would take too many staff off normal licensing duties for too long, and the schedule therefore gives full details for 1 January 1989-31 December 1992. In many instances the number and range of items involved in shipments made under a licence makes it impossible to state quantity and value has therefore been given. I should also emphasise that the issue of a licence does not mean that the export took place.
Armaments and military equipment during that period fell within Group 1 of Part II of Schedule 1 of the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1991 or its predecessor, the 1989
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Order. The 1992 Order came into force on 31 December 1992 and no licences for former Yugoslav Republics were issued on that day. All Group 1 licences were revoked on 3 July 1991 as a precautionary measure and any licensed goods not exported by that date would have been stopped from leaving the UK.Following UK action, the EC embargo on exports of military goods was imposed on 5 July 1991 and the UN
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embargo on 25 September that year ; UN sanctions on all trade with Serbia and Montenegro were imposed on 30 May 1992.Applications since 3 July 1991 for Group 1 goods destined for former Yugoslav Republics have been refused unless for lifesaving equipment, much of it for UN operations.
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Exports to the territories which comprise the former republic of Yugoslavia
Military, security and para-military goods and arms, ammunition and related material
Goods |Quantity or value |End-use/User
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aircraft parts and spares
1989
Jet engine parts |£1,500,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oxygen equipment |£231,500 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£69,500 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£1,500,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£1,500,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£100,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£150,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£200,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft parts |£5,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft parts |£5,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft parts |£1,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft parts |£300,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Air conditioning equipment |£2,800 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£1,500,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£1,500,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft parts |£300,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Tachometers |168 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Turn and slip indicators |85 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Air conditioning equipment |£6,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Valves |£41,200 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£250,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oil pressure indicators |1 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Tailplanes |6 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Ailerons |12 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft parts |£15,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£1,680,700 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oil pressure indicators |58 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Ailerons |18 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Various indicator equipment |£313,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oil pressure indicator |1 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£25,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Navigation system parts |5 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£69,500 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Test equipment for aircraft sighting |£142,250 |Testing of military aircraft/Yugoslav Air
system | Force
Ejector Seat Cartridges |31 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oxygen equipment test sets |13 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
1990
Aircraft spares |£4,250 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Test equipment for jet engines |£344,000 |Testing of jet engines/Yugoslav Air Force
Autostabiliser computer |12 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Navigational equipment |£5,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£2,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft instrument spares |5 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft spares |£200,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft spares |£300,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Parts for gyro platform system |£1,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Ejector Seat spare cartridges |232 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Spare parts for military aircraft |£607,450 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Valves |80 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Valves |60 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Valves |60 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Spare parts for military aircraft |£10,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oxygen equipment |£97,750 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Starter generators adaptors |20 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oxygen supply test equipment |£80,750 |For test purposes/Yugoslav Air Force
Ejector seats and equipment |£1,850,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Ejector seats and equipment |£179,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£2,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£2,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£2,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£1,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£1,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Spare parts for military aircraft |£250,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Temperature indicators |3 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
1991
Jet engine parts |£2,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£2,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Tail planes |6 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Ailerons |18 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Ailerons |12 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft indicator equipment |£253,600 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£2,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Jet engine parts |£2,000,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft indicator equipment |£235,750 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Aircraft ignition and switchgear |£100,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
spares
Ejector seats and equipment |£800,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Ejector seat parts |£2,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oxygen equipment |£25,500 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Oxygen equipment |£223,750 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
Engine air inlet ice protection |£76,000 |For military aircraft/Yugoslav Air Force
equipment
1992
Ballistic blankets for helicopter |30 |Helicopter seat protection/United Nations
seats | Forces
Amplifiers
1990
Various amplifiers and voltage |£38,250 |Development of electronic counter measures
stabilisers | receiver/Institute of Microwave and
| Electronics
Body armour
1990
Armoured jackets, helmets, ceramic |£24,120 |Personal protection/Yugoslav State Police
plates
1991
Armoured jackets, helmets, ceramic |£18,600 |Personal protection/Yugoslav State Police
plates
1992
Armoured jackets, plates etc. |£26,300 |Personal protection/Staff of United Nations
| High Commission for Refugees
Armoured jackets, plates etc. |£8,500 |Personal protection/Staff of United Nations
| High Commission for Refugees
Cameras
1989
Cameras for aerial photography |2 |For remote piloted vehicle/Federal Directorate
| of Supply and Procurement
Detonators
1991
Detonators and fuses |500 |To activate fire detection/suppression systems
| in hazardous environment/rubber
| manufacturer
Communications equipment
1989
Spares for transceiver |£2,500 |Radio communications/Yugoslav Army
Spares for minehunting command |£15,000 |Federal Secretariat of National Defence
and navigation systems
Compasses
1989
Tubular compasses |40 |Attachment to surveillance equipment/
| Yugoslav Ministry of Defence
Electronic Equipment and
Components
1989
Hysteresis Motor |45 |Manufacture of test equipment/Federal
| Secretariat of National Defence
Hysteresis Motor |16 |Manufacture of test equipment/Federal
| Secretariat of National Defence
Torque Motors |4 |For simulation training equipment/Federal
| Secretariat of National Defence
1990
Hysteresis Motor |44 |Manufacture of test equipment-Federal Secretariat of National Defence
Explosives Detection Equipment
1989
Explosives detector |1 |Demonstration only/Yugoslav Institute of Security
Explosives vapour detector |2 |Yugoslav police
Infrared, Thermal Imaging and Image, Intensifier Equipment |2 |Yugoslav police
1989
Second generation image intensifier |1 |Night vision goggles/optical manufacturer
Passive driving periscope (2nd |1 |Demonstration/night optics manufacturer
generation image intensifier
tubes)
Second generation image intensifier |1 |Night vision goggles/optical manufacturer
Steady scope with night vision |1 |Demonstration only/Yugoslav Police
(second generation) attachment
Processing equipment for second |£1,503,700 |Manufacture of night vision equipment/
generation image intensifiers | Yugoslav Army
Image intensifier tubes (second |6 |Night vision equipment/Yugoslav Ministry of
generation) | Defence
Second generation image intensifiers |150 |Night vision goggles/optical manufacturer
Second generation image intensifiers |66 |Night vision goggles/Yugoslav Army
Second generation image intensifiers |40 |Night vision goggles/optical manufacturer
Second generation image intensifiers |60 |Night vision goggles/optical manufacturer
Second generation image intensifiers |8 |Night vision goggles/optical manufacturer
Second generation image intensifiers |200 |Night vision goggles/optical manufacturer
Cryogenic equipment for thermal |12 |Thermal imager/thermal electro-optics
imaging equipment | manufacturer
1990
Night vision goggles and equipment |6 |Demonstration only/optical manufacturer
(second generation tubes)
Second generation image intensifers |2 |For night vision goggles/optical manufacturer
Lifesaving equipment
1991
Marine distress equipment (flares, |£91,500 |Marine rescue/leisure and commercial
Very pistols, etc.) | shipyards
1992
Smoke canisters, cartridges, pistols |£1,900 |Ground-air/ground-ground signalling marking
| for landing dropping zones/United Nations
| forces
Marine distress equipment (flares, |£124,350 |Marine rescue/leisure and commercial
smoke canisters, etc.) | shipyards
Smoke signalling grenades |£18,115 |Smoke signalling United Nations forces
Lithium batteries
1990
Lithium reserve batteries |£10,000 |For mines, grenades, etc./Federal Directorate
| of Supply and Procurement
Periscope and spares
1990
Periscope spares |£3,190 |Yugoslav Navy
Radar equipment and spares
1989
Miscellaneous spares for military |£22,700 |Spares for existing equipment/Yugoslav Air
mobile radar systems | Force
Miscellaneous spares for military |£755,500 |Spares for existing equipment/Yugoslav Air
mobile radar systems | Force
Switches |270 |Radar simulation/Secretariat of National
| Defence
Switches |270 |Radar simulation/Secretariat of National
| Defence
1990
Miscellaneous Spares for military |£72,160 |Support spares for existing equipment/Federal
mobile radars-air defence | Directorate of Supply and Procurement
Isolators |5 |Repair of radar equipment/Secretariat of
| National Defence
Miscellaneous radar equipment and |£24,286,700 |For existing radar stations/Yugoslav Air
spares | Force
1991
C-Band magnetrons |20 |Spares for existing radar equipment/Yugoslav
| army
Isolators |5 |Spares for existing radar equipment/air traffic
| control
Gunn diode |8 |Spares for existing radar equipment/Institute
| for Microwave Technology
Miscellaneous spares for military |£755,500 |Spares for existing equipment/Yugoslav Air
mobile radar systems | Force
Spares for mortar-locating radar |£25,000 |Spares for existing equipment/Yugoslav Army
Rangefinders (Laser)
1989
Hand held laser rangefinder |1 |Evaluation purposes/Yugoslav defence
| contractor
Hand held laser rangefinders (non- |4 |Interface checks/Yugoslav defence contractor
functioning)
Small arms and ammunition
1989
Metal-filled plastic bullets (heads) |Sample |Production of frangible training ammunition/
|quantity | Federal Directorate of Supply and
| Procurement
Smith & Wesson revolver |1 |Target shooting/tourism company
9mm sports pistol |1 |Sporting use/private buyer
Shotgun primers |£10,000 |Sporting ammunition manufacture
1990
.22 rifle barrels and actions |2 |Sporting use private buyer
Shotguns and blank ammunition |£5,200 |Production of cinema film/film company
MG34 7.9mm rifle |1 |Production of cinema film/film company
BAR 30.06 auto rifle |1 |Production of cinema film/film company
Sporting rifle, shotgun and pistol, |3 |Sporting use/private buyer
and ammunition
1991
Revolver (.357) |1 |Personal protection/private buyer
Smith & Wesson revolver |1 |Sporting use/private buyer
Sonar equipment spares
1989
Spares for sonar equipment |£4,000 |Repair of equipment/Yugoslav Navy
Spares for sonar equipment |£15,700 |Repair of equipment/Yugoslav Navy
Transistors
1989
Field effect transistors |£3,000 |For instrumentation/Federal Secretariat
| National Defence
Companies (Environmental Disclosure)
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what response he intends to make to the proposal from his advisory council on business and the environment that all companies should adopt environmental disclosure as a requirement for listing on the stock exchange.
Mr. Eggar : The advisory committee's recommendation is directed at the stock exchange and it is for that body to consider and decide on its appropriateness. The recommendation has been brought to the attention of the stock exchange and I await its response with interest.
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