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	registered interest
	date	08/02/2024
	answering body	Leader of the House
	answering dept id	34
	answering dept short name	Leader of the House
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Parliamentary Scrutiny
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to increase parliamentary scrutiny of UK strategic export controls for military goods.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	13711
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2024 answer text <p>The government recognises the importance of effective Parliamentary scrutiny of strategic export controls and takes these matters very seriously. The UK operates one of the most transparent export licensing systems in the world, publishing quarterly and annual statistics on all of our export licensing decisions, including details of export licences granted, refused and revoked. The government is required by statute to present an Annual Report on UK Strategic Export Controls detailing the government’s approach to export licensing, including international commitments. The most recent quarterly data on strategic export controls is available on gov.uk (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-1-april-to-30-june-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/strategic-export-controls-licensing-statistics-1-april-to-30-june-2023</a>), as is the annual report for 2022 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-strategic-export-controls-annual-report-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-strategic-export-controls-annual-report-2022</a>).</p><p>As of January 2024, the Business and Trade Committee is the Parliamentary scrutiny committee with oversight of arms export controls, a role formerly carried out by the Select Committee on Arms Exports Controls (CAEC). A joint report outlining plans for future parliamentary scrutiny of strategic export controls was published by the Business and Trade, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees on 23rd January 2024 and can be found on parliament.uk (<a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42982/documents/213812/default/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/42982/documents/213812/default/</a>).</p><p>The Government recognises the important role that the CAEC played in providing Parliamentary scrutiny of export controls and the work of the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU). While Parliamentary scrutiny is a matter for the House, the government is committed to keeping the Business and Trade Committee updated on the work of the ECJU as it carries out its new scrutiny role. Other relevant select committees will no doubt continue to examine strategic export controls as part of their wider work, allowing a broad range of scrutiny across the House.</p><p>Hon and Rt Hon Members can also raise matters relating to the scrutiny of the UK's strategic export controls directly with the Department for Business and Trade.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 19/02/2024 17:24:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1060474

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2019
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	CDC: Poverty
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps she is taking to ensure that new investments made by the CDC Group contribute to poverty reduction.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	909200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2019 answer text <p>CDC invests to create jobs and reduce poverty. The five year Strategic Framework published in 2017 sets out steps CDC is taking to maximise the development impact of its investments. Almost 750,000 people are directly employed by companies supported by CDC in the poorest countries in Africa and South Asia.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 13/02/2019 15:13:11 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

443272

	registered interest
	date	07/01/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Burma: Armed Forces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on whether any members of the Burmese army who have received training from the Government have been involved in military offensives in which war crimes have allegedly been committed against civilians.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	21564
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>We do not provide combat training to the Burmese army. We do provide educational training which in 2015 included the Managing Defence in a Wider Security Context and Strategic Leadership Programmes, both delivered by the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom in partnership with Cranfield University. In addition, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst delivered a Psychology of Leadership programme in Burma, and we have also provided English Language Training. We hold no information on whether any specific members of the Burmese Army who have received training from the UK have been involved in offensives in which war crimes may have been allegedly committed.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/01/2016 16:18:05 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

416679

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Middle East: Armed Conflict
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the missions flown by the RAF in Iraq and Syria to date have been (a) combat missions where weapons have not been fired, (b) combat missions where weapons have been fired, (c) for reconnaissance, (d) for aid on supply drops and (e) for other reasons.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	8667
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p>RAF Aircraft have been operating in support of coalition operations to degrade and defeat ISIL since August 2014. In that time 1,315 Tornado GR4 and Reaper Remotely Pilot Air System (RPAS) missions have been flown. Of these, 247 involved weapons releases. All of the Reaper RPAS missions will have included some element of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). On all missions Tornado GR4s are flown fitted for a dual strike and ISR role, however, a specialist ISR pod was fitted on 124 missions. As of the 6 September 2015, other UK air assets have conducted 485 dedicated ISR missions.</p><p> </p><p>From the outset, the UK has also committed various RAF aircraft to Coalition operations in an enabling role, including air-to-air refuelling, command and control and logistic transport. The number of such aircraft has fluctuated considerably throughout the operation and they conduct missions on an almost daily basis.</p><p> </p><p>The Department of International Development is responsible for the provision of humanitarian aid to Iraq and has so far delivered £39.5 million of aid since the start of the conflict. The RAF has not participated in humanitarian aid drops since the summer of 2014 when they conducted seven air drops to the besieged Yazidi community on Mount Sinjar and a further two air drops to trapped groups in Amerli, delivering nearly 100 tonnes of life-saving humanitarian supplies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 14/09/2015 15:50:08 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain