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UK arms exports in 2019

Status: Closed Opened: 9 Feb 2021 Closed: 9 Jan 2023 34 recommendations 12 conclusions 1 report

The Committees on Arms Export Controls are examining the Government’s 2019 Strategic Export Controls Annual Report (published in November 2020), with a focus on enforcement and compliance matters. This inquiry will build on issues identified during the scoping evidence sessions that CAEC has undertaken since it was re-established. Read the call for evidence for more … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
First Joint Report - Developments in UK Strategic Export C… HC 282 28 Oct 2022 46 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

3 items
26 Recommendation First Joint Report - Developments in U… Rejected

We have noted the record compound settlement agreed in early 2022 and understand the issues...

We have noted the record compound settlement agreed in early 2022 and understand the issues surrounding the public disclosure of further information relating to such settlements. However, we see no reason why data such as the name of the company, the item being exported and the destination, cannot be provided … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government rejects the recommendation to provide private data on settlements and steps to recover unlicensed goods, citing disclosure protocols under the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.
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32 Recommendation First Joint Report - Developments in U… Rejected

By the end of 2022, the Government should commission an independent examination of whether the...

By the end of 2022, the Government should commission an independent examination of whether the Mills Review outcomes have been successfully implemented and have led to the intended outcomes. It is vital lessons are learned so as to not see a repeat of this in respect of other countries of … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government does not believe that a further independent examination of the Mills Review outcomes is necessary or proportionate, citing the full review of extant licences to Saudi Arabia overseen by senior officials and legal counsel following the Court of Appeal judgment.
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45 Recommendation First Joint Report - Developments in U… Rejected

The Government should review the impact of technological change and the evolution of the character...

The Government should review the impact of technological change and the evolution of the character of conflict and in its response to this report outline what changes it believes are necessary to make to current international agreements and arrangements on the control of the military and dual-use items. The Government … Read more

Government response AI summary
The Government believes its export control policy is effective and efficient, and does not consider an independent review necessary or proportionate.
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Oral evidence sessions

6 sessions
Date Witnesses
10 Feb 2022 Ranil Jayawardena MP · Department for International Trade, Rt Hon James Cleverly MP · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office View ↗
16 Nov 2021 Joanne Cheetham · HM Revenue and Customs, Richard Las · HM Revenue and Customs View ↗
29 Jun 2021 David Lorello · Covington and Burling LLP, Dr Clara Portela · University of Valencia, Fenella McGerty · International Institute for Strategic Studies View ↗
18 May 2021 Andrew Kinniburgh · Make UK Defence, Nick Radiven · Prospect View ↗
20 Apr 2021 Mike Lewis · Conflict Armament Research View ↗
16 Mar 2021 Dr Andrea Edoardo Varisco · Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Dr Sibylle Bauer · Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Kolja Brockmann · Stockholm International Peace Research Institute View ↗

Who gave evidence

13 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Andrew Kinniburgh · General Director Make UK Defence 1
David Lorello · Of Counsel and Vice Chair of International Trade … Covington and Burling LLP 1
Dr Andrea Edoardo Varisco · Acting Director, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control … Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 1
Dr Clara Portela · Professor of Political Science University of Valencia 1
Dr Sibylle Bauer · Director of Studies, Armament and Disarmament Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 1
Fenella McGerty · Senior Fellow for Defence Economics International Institute for Strategic Studies 1
Joanne Cheetham · Deputy Director, Customs and Borders Design HM Revenue and Customs 1
Kolja Brockmann · Researcher, Dual-Use and Arms Trade Control Progr… Stockholm International Peace Research Institute 1
Mike Lewis · Head of Enhanced Investigations Conflict Armament Research 1
Nick Radiven · Negotiations Officer Prospect 1
Ranil Jayawardena MP · Minister for International Trade Department for International Trade 1
Richard Las · Head of Operations, Fraud Investigation Service HM Revenue and Customs 1
Rt Hon James Cleverly MP · Minister of State (Minister for Middle East and N… Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 1

Correspondence

7 letters
DateDirectionTitle
7 Sep 2023 — Correspondence from the Minister of State for International Trade, updating on …
24 May 2023 — Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the Govern…
4 Apr 2023 — Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on the Govern…
20 Oct 2022 — Annex A: Correspondence with the FCDO and DIT, dated 31 May 2022
20 Oct 2022 — Annex B: Correspondence with the FCDO and DIT, dated 31 May 2022
20 Oct 2022 — Correspondence from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development and the Department …
20 Oct 2022 — Annex C: Correspondence with the FCDO and DIT, dated 31 May 2022