Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 908076

United Arab Emirates: Arms Trade

Tabled: 25 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Jeremy Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to conduct due diligence when licensing arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates to prevent weapons being used by the Rapid

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer

All export licence applications are assessed for the risk of diversion and are kept under careful and continual review. We have recently reviewed over 2,000 licences for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The risk of diversion is complex and is the single big...

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