United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 27609
Arms Trade: Exports
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10 March 2020
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17 March 2020 · Answer
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17 March 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the export of (a) arms and (b) crowd control devices to overseas governments that his Department has classified as (i) non-democratic and (ii) oppressive.
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10 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the export of (a) arms and (b) crowd control devices to overseas governments that his Department has classified as (i) non-democratic and (ii) oppressive.
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17 March 2020
Answer
Risks around human rights violations or abuses form a core part of the assessment of export licence applications, and are a key factor in the approval or denial of a licence. We do not export equipment where we assess there is a clear risk that it might b...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-10/27609
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1184005
- uk · wq-1184005 · source updated 17 March 2020