Question follow-through · 13413
Shipping: Weapons
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review the export control licensing process for vessel based armouries.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 11 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
11 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to review the export control licensing process for vessel based armouries.
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
As with all export licences, the Department for Business and Trade keeps the licensing of the Maritime Anti-Piracy Sector under continual review.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Office of Trade Sanctions Implementation: Annual Reports
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Export Controls
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