| Heading: |
Arms Trade |
| Question ID: |
1815959 |
| UIN: |
62205 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4371 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Brendan O'Hara
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| Asking Member handle: |
brendanoharasnp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@brendanoharasnp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he plans to take to regulate arms exports in line with international (a) legal and (b) human rights obligations; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of new international |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-30 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
632 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Mr Douglas Alexander
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| Answering Member handle: |
D_G_Alexander
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@D_G_Alexander
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| Answer text: |
All export licences are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the UK’s Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. Criterion 1 requires us to comply with the UK’s international commitments and obligations (including our treaty obligations), and Criterion 2 re... |
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| Answering body ID: |
214 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Business and Trade |
| Tweeted: |
true |