PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Arms Trade: Exports (12 March 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to support the establishment of a Committee on Arms Export Controls as a full non-departmental Select Committee.

Asked by:
Zarah Sultana (Independent)

Answer

Any plan to change the status of the Committee on Arms Exports Controls from a joint meeting of members of the relevant departmental committees (Foreign Affairs, Defence, International Trade and International Development) to a standalone committee is a matter for the House of Commons.


Answered by:
Sir Jeremy Quin (Conservative)
17 March 2020

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