Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 616

Arms Trade: Israel

Tabled: 18 July 2024
Answered: 30 July 2024

Question

Chris Law

Scottish National PartyDundee Central

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the findings of the Oxfam report of 18 July 2024 entitled Water War Crimes, whether his Department plans to review Government legal advice on arms sales to

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
We have been clear that the government must uphold both our domestic and international legal obligations when it comes to arms exports as set out in the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. As soon as the Foreign Secretary took office he commissioned a re...

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