PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia (21 November 2018)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will publish the risk assessments made by his Department on the granting of export licences for arms sales to Saudi Arabia since 25 May 2010.
Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)
Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)
Answer
The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria provides a thorough risk assessment framework for considering all applications to export military goods to Saudi Arabia. The policy remains as announced to Parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014:
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140325/wmstext/140325m0001.htm#14032566000018 and updated with an additional policy, as announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 13 September 2018:
Answered by:
Graham Stuart (Conservative)
27 November 2018
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