Written question asked by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Wilcox (Conservative) on Monday, 6 June 2011.

Re-Export Controls Bill

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Wilcox on 26 April (WA 94), what was the evidential basis for the reservations expressed by Baroness Wilcox about the Re-Export Controls Bill on 3 December 2010; and who was consulted prior to those reservations being expressed.

Answer: Discussions on arms export controls take place between EU member states in the Council Working Group on Conventional Arms and between participating states in the Wassenaar arrangement. The information we have received from our EU partners with regards to re-export controls has informed the evidence base for our position on the Re-Export Controls Bill. The UK export control system, while administered by the Export Control Organisation within BIS, is a cross-Whitehall effort involving the FCO, MoD and other Government Departments. The FCO was consulted, alongside the appropriate Cabinet Committee, before I expressed reservations about the Bill on 3 December.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 9431; 728 c58WA
Session: 2010-12
Related items: Re-Export Controls Bill [HL]
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Written questions
House of Lords; Re-Export Controls Bill
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
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House of Lords; Re-Export Controls Bill [HL]
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Written questions
House of Lords
Legislation: Re-export Controls Bill (HL) 2010-12
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk