Written question asked by Lord Elis-Thomas (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 March 1993. It was answered by Baroness Denton of Wakefield (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 March 1993.

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Denton of Wakefield, Baroness

Question

Whether HMG have any evidence to support allegations (made in Profits of War by Ari Ben-Menashe, pp 283-6) that Mr Mark Thatcher acted as a broker in illegal sales of military equipment from the UK via Chile to Iraq.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

544 c9WA

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Arms trade Iraq Weapons Sanctions Chile Thatcher, Mark Ben-Menashe, Ari