§ Lord Juddasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will now review the law to ensure that United Kingdom citizens overseas involved in brokering arms deals are brought within the jurisdiction of United Kingdom law. [HL5191]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)The secondary legislation which will be made under the Export Control Act 2002 will introduce controls affecting UK persons anywhere in the world who traffic or broker in arms to embargoed destinations, or in torture equipment or certain long-range missiles to any destination.
The Government will review the legislation within three years of the new controls coming into force. The review will monitor and evaluate the implementation of the new controls, the effectiveness of the proposed enforcement regime and the extent to which the "solutions" did actually solve the problem.