Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 4304

Israel: Arms Trade

Tabled: 4 September 2024
Answered: 13 September 2024

Question

Chris Hinchliff

LabourNorth East Hertfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he is taking steps to encourage (a) the USA and (b) Europe to review the risk of their arms exports to Israel being used to commit serious violations of international

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK has some of the most robust export licencing criteria in the world, which states that the Government will not issue export licences if there is a clear risk that the items might be used in violations of International Humanitarian Law. We have deeme...

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