Dr. ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in what circumstances licences would be granted under the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989 for the export of riot control vehicles which have been specially designed or modified to be electrified to repel boarders (PLI500(F)).
§ Mr. RedwoodLicences are required for the export to all destinations of riot control vehicles which are subject to control under the Export of Goods (Control) Order 1989 —SI 1989 No. 2376—as amended. Licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis, in accordance with stringent criteria, which include an assessment of the human rights record of the country concerned.
It is not the practice to grant a licence for the export of equipment which is likely to be used for internal repression.