Brendan O'Hara MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Arms TradeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62205More
Question: 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
Answer: 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...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOrigin Marking: Israeli SettlementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51388More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has undertaken (a) investigations and (b) enforcement measures as a result of goods originating from Israeli settlements being labelled as originating from within Israel’s pre-1967 borders.
Answer: The UK Government has a clear position that Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories are illegal under international law. Goods produced in these settlements are not entitled to benefit from preferential tariff treatment under the UK’s ...
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOrigin Marking: Israeli SettlementsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51387More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what information his Department holds on whether goods originating from Israeli settlements are labelled as originating from within Israel’s pre-1967 borders.
Answer: The overseas business risk guidance, available on gov.uk, provides information for UK operators on how goods from Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories should be labelled. Where there are doubts about the declared origin of goods, HMRC will unde...
Answered 15 May 2025
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