§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what actions his Department has taken to implement the measures outlined in his speech of 28 July 1997,Official Report, columns 65–66, on action taken to ban the export of electro-shock weapons. [98543]
§ Dr. Howells[holding answer 22 November 1999]: I have been asked to reply.
The export to any destination of all of the items covered by the ban announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on 28 July 1997, Official Report, columns 65–66, is controlled under entry PL5001 in Part III of Schedule 1 to the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1994, as amended. As my right hon. Friend made clear in his announcement, the export of some of the items covered by the ban was not at that time subject to control. The export of these items was brought under control by article 7(8) of the Export of Goods (Control) (Amendment No 3) Order 1997 [SI 1997/2758], which came into force on 15 December 1997.
No licences have been issued for any of the items covered by the ban since 2 May 1997.