Quadripartite Committee - First Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 July 2006.
Contents
Terms of Reference
Conclusions and recommendations
1 Introduction
2 The work
of the Committees
Relations between the Committees and
the Government
Written evidence submitted by the Government
Delay in the Government's responses to
correspondence
Classification of evidence submitted
by the Government
Review of export control legislation
in 2007
Allegations of bribery by DSO
3 2004 Annual
Report on Strategic Export Controls and Quarterly Reports for
2005
Quarterly reports on strategic export
controls
Annual reports on strategic export controls
Database of licence decisions
Content and format of the annual report
on strategic export controls
The Channel Islands and Isle of Man
4 The Export
Control Organisation
The decision not to outsource the Export
Control Organisation's work
Greater use of open licences
5 Enforcement
Are all controlled exports covered by
export licences?
How proactive is the investigation of
breaches of export control?
Revenue and Customs: staffing
Revenue and Customs: inspection of goods
Enforcement of export control on intangible
technology transfers
Do the penalties for breaches of export
control act as a deterrent?
Assembling the evidence for a prosecution
Enforcing trafficking and brokering controls
Common Position on brokering and the
registration of brokers
6 EU Regulation
Review of the EU Code on Arms Exports
Criterion 2, human rights and Saudi Arabia
What is the purpose of the embargo?
Embargo on China: conclusions
Extending the list of banned items of
torture
Torture equipment: end-use control
7 International
issues
Presidencies of the EU and G8
The prospects for an International Arms
Trade Treaty
The extension of extra-territoriality
Conclusions on extra-territoriality
Licensed production overseas and overseas
subsidiaries of UK companies
8 Conclusion
Annex 1: Correspondence between the Quadripartite
Committee and the Government
Annex 2: Standard Individual Export Licences
(SIELs) to Israel issued and refused since 2002
Annex 3: The Swedish export control association
Formal minutes
List of witnesses
List of written evidence
Reports from the Defence, Foreign Affairs, International Development and Trade and Industry Committees since 2001
List of Oral Evidence
Tuesday 31 January 2006
Monday 13 March 2006
Wednesday 19 April 2006
Tuesday 25 April 2006
Thursday 25 May 2006
Written Evidence
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