§ Ann ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development for what reason her Department is no longer a signatory of the annual report on Strategic Export Controls. [36510]
§ Clare ShortTo date, my Department has not been a signatory to the four annual reports on Strategic Export Controls that have been published.
I made this decision on the basis of the few export licence application my Department advises upon in relation to the number passed by the Department of Trade and Industry to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defence and the fact that no licences have been refused under the sustainable development criterion.