Question follow-through · 616
Arms Trade: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Oxfam report of 18 July 2024 entitled Water War Crimes, whether his Department plans to review Government legal advice on arms sales to
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 18 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 30 Jul 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Oxfam report of 18 July 2024 entitled Water War Crimes, whether his Department plans to review Government legal advice on arms sales to
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
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30 Jul 2024
Answer published
We have been clear that the government must uphold both our domestic and international legal obligations when it comes to arms exports as set out in the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. As soon as the Foreign Secretary took office he commissioned a re...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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