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Arms Trade: Israel

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Question for Department for International Trade

UIN 139366, tabled on 30 April 2018

Question

Richard Burden
Labour
Birmingham, Northfield
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether he has made changes to the conditions for the use of arms to arms components sold to Israel in the last two years.

Answer

Graham Stuart
Conservative
Beverley and Holderness
Commons

Answered on

3 May 2018

All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, known as the Consolidated Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.

The Consolidated Criteria provide a thorough risk assessment framework and require us to assess the impact of providing equipment and its capabilities.

We will not issue an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated Criteria.

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