Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Baroness Tonge (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 5 March 2002, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 159 members in total.

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EXPORT CONTROL BILL (No. 2)

That this House welcomes the Government's amendment in the other place to put the consideration of sustainable development on the face of the Export Control Bill; notes a number of concerns still remain in the Bill; further notes that the Bill could be strengthened to ensure that it controls the activities of all British arms brokers and traffickers wherever they are located and gives proper consideration to the monitoring of controlled goods after they are located; and calls on the Government to consider these issues when the Bill goes through its final stages in the other place and passes back to the Commons to ensure that the United Kingdom has one of the best export control systems in the world.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

EXPORT CONTROL BILL (No. 2) (939A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Paul Farrelly (primary, Labour) and tabled on Thursday, 21 March 2002. It has been signed by 2 members in total.

after 'located' insert ',also controls arms dealers of other nationalities resident or based in the UK,'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

939 

939A1 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Arms trade Export controls Sustainable development

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk