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Arms Export Controls

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. His intervention is entirely correct. I have discussed the issue with the Clerk of the Committees, and the current position is very unsatisfactory. We are having this debate while discussions are taking place between the Clerk of the Committees and the Minister's officials as to which bits of the letter are declassified and which are not. That is a profoundly unsatisfactory position to be in.