Written question asked by Tam Dalyell (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 January 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 January 1999. It was answered by Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Labour) on Monday, 25 January 1999 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what response he has sent to the request of the Government of the Sudan that a British inspection team be sent to the Al Shifa factory in Khartoum. - Includes ref to 30 November 1998 at 321 c96W.

Answer: Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what response he has sent to the request of the Government of the Sudan that a British inspection team be sent to the Al Shifa factory in Khartoum. [67622] Mr. George Robertson: I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by the Minister of State Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central (Mr. Fatchett) on 30 November 1998, Official Report, column 96, to the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan).

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