HC Deb 22 July 1997 vol 298 c517W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each departmental policy review presently in progress or scheduled,(a) a description of the purpose of the review and (b) its expected date of completion. [10192]

Mr. Fatchett

We are the lead Department in a review of the detailed criteria used in considering licence applications for the export of conventional weapons. Its purpose is to give effect to the Government's commitment not to sell arms to regimes that might use them for internal repression or international aggression.

The review is being concluded as a matter of urgency. The new criteria will be published shortly.