House of Commons - Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Control (2013)

Committee on Arms Exports Control - First Report
Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Control (2013)

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 1 July 2013.

Contents

Glossary of Acronyms

Definition of Export Control Organisation licences

1 Introduction

2 The Government's "United Kingdom Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2011" (HC 337)

3 The Committees' Report of 2011-12 (HC 419)

The Committees' Report (HC 419) and the Government's Response (Cm8441)

4 The Committees' questions on the Government's quarterly information on arms export licences

5 Arms export control legislation and procedures

Extra-territoriality

"Brass Plate" companies

Arms brokers

EU dual-use controls

EU end-use control of exported military goods

Torture end-use control and end-use control of goods used for capital punishment

Re-export controls and undertakings

Licensed production overseas

The Consolidated Criteria and EU Common Position

6 Organisational and operational issues

Export Control Organisation (ECO)

Remit and responsibilities

Charging for processing arms export licences

Performance

Review of ECO

Transparency of arms export licensing

Powers to create new categories of export licences

Priority Markets for UK arms exports

Trade Exhibitions

Enforcement

Compound penalties

Crown Dependencies

Combating bribery and corruption

International Development

7 Arms Exports Agreements

UK/US Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty

US International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

UK-France Defence and Security Co-operation Treaty

The Intra-Community Transfer (ICT) Directive on arms transfers within the EU

8 Arms Control Agreements

Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)

Cluster Munitions

Small arms and light weapons

Landmines

The Wassenaar Arrangement

The UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA)

The Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT)

The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)

The G8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction

The Nuclear Suppliers Group

The Australia Group

The Academic Technology Approval Scheme

The Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)

The Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

Sub-strategic and tactical nuclear weapons

A Middle-East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone

The National Counter-Proliferation Strategy for 2012-15

9 Arms export control policies

Arms exports and human rights

Overseas Security and Justice Assistance (OSJA) Human Rights Guidance

Surveillance technology and equipment

Export of Tasers

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) "Drones"

Arms exports to counter piracy

The licensing of security services

Arms exports and internal repression

The Government's Arab Spring arms export policy review

Arms export licence revocations

Exports of gifted equipment

10 Arms exports to Countries of concern

Countries of concern—Middle East and North Africa

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Libya

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

Yemen

Other Countries of concern

Afghanistan

Argentina

China

Madagascar

Sri Lanka

Uzbekistan

Arms exports to authoritarian regimes and to Countries of concern worldwide

Annex 1: The Committees' quarterly licence questions and the Government's answers (2011 Q4, 2012 Q1, Q2 and Q3)

The Committees' 2011 Quarter 4 (October-December) questions and the Government's answers

The Committees' 2012 Quarter 1 (January-March) questions and the Government's answers

The Committees' 2012 Quarter 2 (April-June) questions and the Government's answers

The Committees' 2012 Quarter 3 (July-September) questions and the Government's answers

Annex 2: The Committees' questions on the Government's Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2011 (HC 337) published in July 2012 and the Government's answers

Annex 3: The Committees' questions on the Government's Response (Cm8441), published in October 2012, to the Committees' Report 2012 (HC 419-I & II) and the Government's answers

Annex 4: The Committees' letters to and from Ministers

Annex 5: Extra-territoriality (Offences)

Annex 6: Companies registered with Export Control Organisation to use the Open General Trade Control Licence (Maritime Anti-Piracy)

Annex 7: EU Council Common Position (2008/944/CFSP)

Annex 8: The UK's Consolidated Criteria

Annex 9: The text of the Arms Trade Treaty

Annex 10: Selected arms export licence approvals to countries in the Middle East and North Africa of arms or components of arms which might be used to facilitate internal repression in the period 1 January to 30 September 2012

Annex 11: Selected arms export licence approvals to Foreign and Commonwealth Office's "Countries of concern" of arms or components of arms which might be used to facilitate internal repression in the period 1 January to 30 September 2012

Annex 12: Arms export licence revocations

Annex 13: Extant arms export licences to Countries of concern

FCO's Countries of human rights concern—extant licences

Other Countries of concern—extant licences

Annex 14: Export licences to Argentina in the period 1 January to 30 September 2012

Annex 15: National Counter Proliferation Strategy 2012-2015