Question follow-through · 117421
Arms Trade Treaty
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how her Department interprets the word facilitate in Article 7 of the Arms Trade Treaty 2015.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 5 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how her Department interprets the word facilitate in Article 7 of the Arms Trade Treaty 2015.
5 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
We assess our relevant treaty obligations in accordance with the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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