Question follow-through · 55571
Arms Trade: Exports
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of halting arms licences for export to foreign governments for which there is a demonstrable risk of complicity in international law violations.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 30 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of halting arms licences for export to foreign governments for which there is a demonstrable risk of complicity in international law violations.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2025
Answer published
All export licence applications are reviewed against the UK’s Strategic Export Licensing Criteria (SELC). These state that the Government will not issue export licences if there is a clear risk that the items might be used to commit or facilitate serious ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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