Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 55571

Arms Trade: Exports

Tabled: 30 May 2025

Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Tom Morrison

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.

Answer

Mr Douglas Alexander

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 ...

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