§ Dr. LadymanTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list those countries for which an export licence for goods with a possible military application is not permitted. [82438]
§ Dr. HowellsAll applications for an individual licence to export arms and other goods entered in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994 (the so-called Military List) are assessed on a case by case basis using the criteria announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 28 July 1997,Official Report, columns 26—29, and the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. Both sets of criteria are also used to assess applications for a licence to export dual-use goods where there are grounds for believing that the end-user would be the armed forces or internal security forces of the recipient country.
As noted in the answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby and Kenilworth (Mr. King) by the Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Central (Mr. Lloyd), on 28 January 1998, Official Report, columns 273–74, a list of all UK policy commitments, including embargoes, has been placed in the Library of the House and an updated version will be laid annually (or more frequently if policy changes require a revision).