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1149472

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many extant arms export licences for Paveway bombs there are for (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) that country's coalition allies; and what the (i) type (ii) date of expiry and (iii) date of issue is for each such licence.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	729
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>There are no extant licences for Paveway bombs for Saudi Arabia or its coalition partners.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 21/10/2019 11:06:18 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1148817

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the response of 24 May 2018 to freedom of information request number FOI2018/00517, whether the arms export licence referred to in that response remains extant; and whether her Department continues to issue arms export licences for the sale of Paveway bombs to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) its coalition allies.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	294
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>The licences referred to in FOI2018/00517 have all expired.</p><p> </p><p>Since the Court of Appeal’s judgment of 20 June 2019, new licences for exports to Saudi Arabia and other coalition partners for items which might be used in the conflict in Yemen, including Paveway bombs have been halted.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2019 14:51:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1148818

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many applications for licences for the export of arms to (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) its coalition partners have been received by her Department since 20 June 2019; what the dates of those licence applications were; and which type of (i) arms and (ii) export licence those applications were for.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	295
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2019 answer text <p>We have received a) 86 applications for military rated items for export to Saudi Arabia and; b) 178 applications for military rated items for export to coalition partners.</p><p> </p><p>We cannot disclose any further information, as the applications are commercially sensitive.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/10/2019 15:04:45 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1145966

	registered interest
	date	25/09/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she plans to take to ensure that her Department does not violate the court order on banning the issuing of new export licences to Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners for arms that could be used in Yemen.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	291083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>As the Secretary of State said in her statement to Parliament on 26<sup>th</sup> September, as soon as the issue was brought to her attention on the 12<sup>th</sup> September, she took immediate action:</p><ul><li>Taking immediate steps to inform the Court and Parliament;</li><li>Putting in place immediate, interim procedures to make sure the error could not happen again;</li><li>Instigating a complete and full internal review of all licences granted for Saudi Arabia and its Coalition partners since 20 June;</li><li>Asking the Permanent Secretary to commission, on her behalf, a full independent investigation.</li></ul><p>This investigation will: (i) establish the precise circumstances in which these licences were granted; (ii) establish whether any other licences have been granted in breach of the Undertaking to the Court or the commitment to Parliament; and (iii) confirm that procedures are in place to ensure that no further such breaches can occur. The Director General Policy Group at the Department for Work and Pensions has been appointed to lead this investigation.</p><p> </p><p>During the course of this investigation, licence applications for Saudi Arabia and its Coalition partners will be referred to a new weekly meeting of senior officials from DIT, FCO and MOD. (Some will have been refused by this point, for example where they fail to meet one or more of the Consolidated Criteria.) This meeting will reach a recommendation for Ministers as to whether applications are within the scope of the Undertaking and the Parliamentary Statement, applying a further checklist of questions which are designed to ensure that: (i) current and full information is available to enable an assessment of whether the items in question are for possible use in the conflict in Yemen; and (ii) if there has been any change in circumstances in the conflict in Yemen, this is properly included in the assessment. All recommendations to grant licences for the export of items to Saudi Arabia and its Coalition partners will now be referred to Ministers for decision.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart grouped question UIN 290582 question first answered 30/09/2019 15:10:52 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1141274

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the 20 June 2019 Court of Appeal judgment on arms sales to Saudi Arabia, how many (a) standard individual export licences, (b) open individual and (c) open general export licences his Department is reviewing.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	281025
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Further to the judgment of 20 June 2019, the Government is carefully considering the implications of the judgment for licensing, including extant licences. The Government is considering the design of the process for licensing to ensure compliance with the judgment, as well as determining which extant licences are in scope. While this is taking place, the Government will not grant any new licences for export to Saudi Arabia or its coalition partners for items that might be used in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 03/09/2019 11:20:49 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1140904

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the reason is for the difference in the number of extant arms export licences for Saudi Arabia for possible use in Yemen under review as a result of the court of appeal's Judgment of 20 June 2019 set out in (a) DEP2019-0710 that referenced 95 OIELS, (b) DEP2019-0711 that referenced 71 SIELS and 65 OIELS and (c) the 27 June 2019 witness statement to the Court of Appeal by Edward Bell that referenced 45 arms export licences.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	280400
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2019 answer text <p>DEP2019-0710, provided in response to UIN 267765, gave information on all extant Open Individual Export Licences (OIELs) for Saudi Arabia, including those for dual-use items as well as for military goods; whereas DEP2019-0711, provided in response to UIN 268564, gave information on all extant export licences for military-rated goods (but not dual-use items) for Saudi Arabia, including Standard Individual Export Licences (SIELs) as well as OIELs.</p><p> </p><p>The witness statement referred to pending applications, not extant licences.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 31/07/2019 12:25:03 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1139236

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Open Individual Export Licences: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to paper (a) DEP2019-0710 and (b) DEP2019-0711 that were placed in the Library, what the expiry dates were for each of the extant Open Individual Export Licences under review.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	277815
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested will be placed in the libraries of the House, with an expiry date for each of the licences. This deposit will replace a) DEP2019-0710 (UIN 267765) and b) DEP2019-0711 (UIN 268564).</p><p> </p><p>The spreadsheets include details of (a) all extant Open Individual Export Licences for Saudi Arabia, including licences for dual-use items, and (b) all extant export licences for military-rated goods to Saudi Arabia.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is carefully considering the implications of the recent Court of Appeal judgment for decision making, including extant licences. While this is taking place, the Government will not grant any new licences for export to Saudi Arabia or its coalition partners of items that might be used in Yemen.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 22/07/2019 11:38:00 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1138626

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Surveillance: Human Rights
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps he is taking to comply with the recommendation of the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression to impose an immediate moratorium on the export, sale, transfer, use or servicing of privately developed surveillance tools until a human rights-compliant safeguards regime is in place.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	276582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria provide a thorough risk assessment framework for considering licence applications, and take into account the respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in the country of final destination.</p><p> </p><p>Licensing decisions are based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available at the time, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/07/2019 11:36:26 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1138629

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Surveillance: Philippines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether the UK exported surveillance equipment to the Philippines in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	276583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) about export licences granted, refused and revoked on GOV.UK. These reports contain detailed information by destination, including the overall value, type (e.g. Military, Other) and a summary of the items covered by these licences. These can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data." target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data.</a></p><p>The data currently provides details of licences up to 31 March 2019. Information about the period 1 April to 30 June will be published in October 2019 and data covering the period 1 July 2019 to 30 September 2019 will be published in January 2020.</p><p>All export licences are issued in strict accordance with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 17/07/2019 11:43:38 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1138464

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2019
	answering body	Department for International Trade
	answering dept id	202
	answering dept short name	International Trade
	answering dept sort name	International Trade
	hansard heading	Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will place in the Library a copy of the witness statement of the Head of the Export Control Joint Unit dated 27 June 2019 in his Department's application to appeal the Court of Appeal judgment of 20 June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	276268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>We do not propose to place documents related to these court proceedings in the Library. There are specific rules of court procedure concerning access to documents on the court file in line with principles of open justice which provide a mechanism for public access.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 16/07/2019 09:32:07 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle