Riot Control Weapons: USA

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the decision to resume the licensing of exports of riot control equipment to the US in June 2020 was primarily based on the conclusion of her Department’s re-assessment of those exports that t

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1. 2 September 2020

   Written question

   To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the decision to resume the licensing of exports of riot control equipment to the US in June 2020 was primarily based on the conclusion of her Department’s re-assessment of those exports that t

   Source: Commons

2. 8 September 2020

   Answer

   The decision to resume was based on the recommendation that there is no clear risk under Criterion 2a of the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria that the items might be used for internal repression. It is important not to lose sigh...

   Source: Written answer

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