ABSTRACT
In 1989, government minister William Waldegrave, in response to inquiries from Members of Parliament, advised that government policy in respect of exports had not changed. However, in Sir Richard Scott’s view, the answers given were not accurate and were apt to mislead albeit unintentionally (para D4.12). In relation to parliamentary questions concerning the policy being applied, Sir Richard found that the government had deliberately failed to ‘inform Parliament of the current state of government policy on non-lethal arms sales to Iraq’ (para D4.25).
