The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

1983-1987 Parliament

Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on British Business (United States Law) – 22 April 1986

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on British Business (United States Law) on 22nd April 1986.


Mr. Ashdown Asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his policy on the acquisition for his Department’s use of computers and equipment supplied by companies which seek to impose, in the United Kingdom, extraterritorial United States controls on their United Kingdom staff or on non-Government United Kingdom customers or United Kingdom exports; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Major I have nothing further to add to my reply to the hon. Member on 9 April at columns 118–119.