PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia (28 February 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress her Department's Export Control Joint Unit is making on re-evaluating of extant export licences in relation to the export of arms and military equipment to Saudi Arabia.

Asked by:
Dame Harriett Baldwin (Conservative)

Answer

Work to develop a revised assessment process enabling the Secretary of State for International Trade to re-take the licensing decisions remitted to her by the Court of Appeal’s judgment of 20 June 2019, has advanced steadily and significantly since the judgment. An announcement will be made once the Secretary of State is in a position to re-take these decisions.


Answered by:
Greg Hands (Conservative)
5 March 2020

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