Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish the value of all arms export licenses to Israel in each year since 2010.
Answered by Ranil Jayawardena
HM Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) for export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK and these reports contain detailed information, including the overall value, the type (e.g. Military, Other), and a summary of the items covered by these licences. The data for 2021 was published on 12th April 2022.
The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, was superseded by Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, announced in the Written Statement of 8th December 2021, HCWS449.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish how many arms exports applications to Israel her Department has (a) licensed and (b) rejected in each year since 2010.
Answered by Ranil Jayawardena
HM Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) for export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK and these reports contain detailed information, including the overall value, the type (e.g. Military, Other), and a summary of the items covered by these licences. The data for 2021 was published on 12th April 2022.
The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, was superseded by Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, announced in the Written Statement of 8th December 2021, HCWS449.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will publish for (a) which countries and (b) what reasons her Department has (i) refused to grant and (ii) revoked arms export licenses in accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria in each year since 2010.
Answered by Ranil Jayawardena
HM Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) for export licences granted, refused and revoked to all destinations on GOV.UK and these reports contain detailed information, including the overall value, the type (e.g. Military, Other), and a summary of the items covered by these licences. The data for 2021 was published on 12th April 2022.
The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, was superseded by Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, announced in the Written Statement of 8th December 2021, HCWS449.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises has received an update from JC Bamford in response to its recommendation that the company (a) write a statement of policy which should expressly state its commitment to respect human rights and (b) carry out human rights due diligence to assess actual and potential human rights impacts; and if she will publish that information.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt - Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
The UK National Contact Point (UK NCP) operates independently of the Department for International Trade. In line with its Rules of Procedures and the Final Statement published in November 2021, the UK NCP will request an update from JCB on the implementation of its recommendations in November 2022, which is one year from the date of the publication of its report. The UK NCP will then issue a follow up statement which will also be published on gov.uk.
Asked by: Beth Winter (Labour - Cynon Valley)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the interests of the devolved administrations are adequately represented in UK trade negotiations.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The UK Government is responsible for negotiating international trade agreements on behalf of all the nations in the UK. We work closely with the devolved administrations to inform and develop policy that best reflects this, particularly for areas covering devolved competence such as sanitary and phytosanitary standards and regulatory practice.
Department for International Trade Ministers and officials hold regular discussions with their devolved administration counterparts, to keep them informed of, and seek their views on, developments to the free trade agreement programme.