House of Commons - Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2011): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2009, Quarterly Reports for 2010, licensing policy and review of export control legislation - Defence Committee

Defence Committee - Second Report
Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2011): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2009, Quarterly Reports for 2010, licensing policy and review of export control legislation

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 22 March 2011.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Conclusions and recommendations

2 The Government's Annual Report on Strategic Exports

3 Promoting arms exports

The Government's policy

The Treaty on US/UK Defence Trade Cooperation

4 The Performance of the Export Control Organisation

5 Review of Arms Export Controls

Licensing Criteria

'Brass plate' companies

Pre-licence registration of arms brokers

Extra-territorial arms export controls

Military end-use control

Torture end-use controls

Sodium thiopental - UK exports to the US for use in lethal injections

'No re-export' clauses and undertakings

Civil penalty regime: compound penalties

7 The UK Government and the Arms Trade Treaty

The UK Government's role in negotiations

A strong ATT or one based on consensus?

8 Sustainable development—Criterion 8

9 Combating bribery and corruption

A specific Criterion

10 Countries of Concern

Saudi Arabia and Yemen

Arms exports to authoritarian regimes in North Africa, Middle East and worldwide

Annex 1: The Consolidated Criteria

Annex 2: EU Council Common Position

Annex 3: Extra-territoriality (offences)

Annex 4: Selected arms export licence approvals to countries in North Africa and the Middle East or components of arms that could be used for internal repression

List of printed written evidence

Oral and written evidence
13 December 2010
24 January 2011

Written Evidence

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Prepared 5 April 2011