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Arms Export Controls

I realise that the Minister has been intervened upon many times on this subject, but this is one of the key areas. Accepting that unscrupulous arms purchasers may be able to buy their weapons elsewhere if they cannot get them from the UK, does he nevertheless accept that some unscrupulous traders in this country may make the calculation that the odds are rather good? The profits are large, and the chance of being apprehended is relatively small. They are willing to take the risk. I stress again that there have been two significant prosecutions in the entire industry in recent times. It is not many.