Question follow-through · 908076
United Arab Emirates: Arms Trade
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to conduct due diligence when licensing arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates to prevent weapons being used by the Rapid
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to conduct due diligence when licensing arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates to prevent weapons being used by the Rapid
3 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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3 Mar 2026
Answer published
All export licence applications are assessed for the risk of diversion and are kept under careful and continual review. We have recently reviewed over 2,000 licences for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The risk of diversion is complex and is the single big...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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