Question follow-through · 62205
Arms Trade
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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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 24 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Jun 2025
Question tabled
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
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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30 Jun 2025
Answer published
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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