Committees on Arms Export Controls - First Report
Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2010): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2008, Quarterly Reports for 2009, licensing policy and review of export control legislation

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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 16 March 2010.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Conclusions and recommendations

1 Introduction

2 The work of the Committees

Relations between the Committees and the Government

Visit to HM Revenue and Customs

Future of the Committees

3 Review of export control legislation

Introduction

Extra-territorial controls

Anti-vehicle landmines

Transport and ancillary services, transit and transhipment

Pre-licensing registration of brokers

Overseas posts and embassies

End-use controls

Introduction

EU Military End-Use Control

Torture end-use control

No re-export clauses

Licensed production overseas

Research

4 Enforcement

Annual Report on United Kingdom Strategic Exports

Civil penalties

5 Organisational and operational issues

The date of publication of the annual report on strategic export controls

Form and content of annual reports on strategic export controls

6 Challenging bribery and corruption

Introduction

Tackling bribery through the licensing process

7 The EU and the international perspective

Introduction

Progress towards an international Arms Trade Treaty

EU Arms Embargo on China

Israel

Sri Lanka

Sustainable Development

Annex 1: Visit to HMRC

Annex 2: Letter from the Chair of the Committees to the Minister for Business and Regulatory Reform

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

Oral and Written Evidence
16 December 2009
27 January 2010
Written Evidence

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Prepared 30 March 2010