Committees on Arms ExportsLetter from the Chair of the Committees to the Rt Hon William Hague MP, First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

I attach a copy of my letter to you of 19 October in which I requested the Government’s answers to the questions from The Committees on Arms Export Controls arising from the Government’s report United Kingdom Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010.

I requested the Government’s answers to the CAEC’s questions no later than 30 November.

I should be grateful if you could ensure that the CAEC receives the Government’s answers no later than the return of the House on 10 January.

I am copying this letter to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Secretary of State for International Development and the Secretary of State for Defence.

16 December 2011