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Arms Trade: Belgium

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to conduct a compliance investigation into the companies involved in the seizure of UK-origin military goods in Belgium.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
20 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jun 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 20 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to conduct a compliance investigation into the companies involved in the seizure of UK-origin military goods in Belgium.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

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  3. 3 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    We do not routinely comment on individual licensing cases for reasons of commercial sensitivity.The UK assesses every export licence application on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. Extant licences also are kept under c...

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