Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to conduct a compliance investigation into the companies involved in the seizure of UK-origin military goods in Belgium.

We do not routinely comment on individual licensing cases for reasons of commercial sensitivity.

The UK assesses every export licence application on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. Extant licences also are kept under continual review.

Compliance with Belgian transit policies is a matter for Belgian authorities.