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Rafael Advanced Defense Systems: Arms Trade

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Question for Department for Business and Trade

UIN 13796, tabled on 8 February 2024

Question

Tommy Sheppard
Scottish National Party
Edinburgh East
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether she has received legal advice on the operations of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd at sites in the UK; and if she will conduct a review to ensure that imports and exports of arms and components are not being used in violations of international law.

Answer

Greg Hands
Conservative
Chelsea and Fulham
Commons

Answered on

19 February 2024

All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against our Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including with regard to international humanitarian law.

All licences are kept under careful and continual review and the Government is able to amend, suspend, refuse or revoke licences as circumstances require.

The Secretary of State for Business and Trade receives legal advice as appropriate, on all matters related to import and export licensing, as part of advice from officials.

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