Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to review the criterion of specially designed or modified for military use in the schedule 2 of the Export Control Order 2008.

The Government keeps UK export controls under constant review and export control legislation, including Schedule 2 of the Export Control Order 2008, is updated on a regular basis to remain compliant with our national and international obligations and commitments.

Schedule 2 of the Export Control Order principally derives from the UK's international commitments under the Wassenaar Arrangement on conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies, and thereby reflects the discussions and agreements reached with relevant partners. Any change would need therefore to be agreed internationally.