§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to give support for the programme for preventing and combating illicit trafficking in conventional arms put forward by the Netherlands Government during their presidency of the EU. [621]
§ Mr. Tony LloydYes. We hope it will be possible for the programme to be adopted during the current EU Presidency, and will play a full part in taking it forward.
§ Dr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to advance an EU code of conduct on the arms trade at the EU intergovernmental conference. [622]
§ Mr. LloydWe are committed to working for the introduction of an EU Code of Conduct on arms exports, setting out high common standards. Work is in hand on ways to implement this commitment, which we intend to discuss with our EU partners at an early stage.