United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 23574
Arms Trade: Human Rights
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2 March 2020
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5 March 2020 · Answer
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5 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK-exported weapons are not used in attacks that breach international (a) humanitarian and (b) human rights law.
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2 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she is taking to ensure that UK-exported weapons are not used in attacks that breach international (a) humanitarian and (b) human rights law.
Source: Commons
5 March 2020
Answer
Weapons exported from the UK require an export licence. All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (known as the Consolidated Criteria), based on the most ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-02/23574
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1181965
- uk · wq-1181965 · source updated 5 March 2020