To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether any arms exported from the UK under arms export licences have been used in reported attacks on Palestinian civilians in the West Bank in August 2022.
Answered on
29 September 2022
The UK Government takes its defence export responsibilities extremely seriously and operates some of the most robust export controls in the world. All applications for export licences are assessed on a case-by-case basis against strict criteria. We will not issue a licence if there is a clear risk that the equipment might be used for internal repression. The UK Government continues to monitor closely the situation in Israel and the OPTs and if extant licences are found to be no longer consistent with the criteria, those licences will be revoked.