Adjournment debate on Thursday, 16 March 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Roger Berry. The answering member was Ian Pearson.

Quadripartite Committee Reports

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on the quadripartite committee reports on strategic export controls. Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.—[Kevin Brennan.] On resuming— On resuming— On resuming—

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 443 c493-526WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Department of Trade and Industry
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Strategic export controls. Government response to the first joint report from the Defence Select Committee, Foreign Affairs Select Committee, International Development Select Committee and Trade and Industry Select Committee (HC 145).
Wednesday, 20 July 2005
Command papers
House of Commons; Strategic export controls. Minutes of evidence 31 January 2006. (Printed in HC 973)
Tuesday, 31 January 2006
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Strategic export controls. Defence Select Committee fifth report, Foreign Affairs Select Committee fifth report, International Development Select Committee fourth report and Trade and Industry Select Committee eleventh report (and first joint report), with proceedings, evidence (HC 145 i-ii not printed separately) and appendices.
Tuesday, 15 March 2005
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: David Leslie Taylor | 443 c494WH (Link to this contribution) The Quadripartite Committee report is excellent, and my hon. Friend rightly points to our Government...; Roger Berry | 443 c494-5WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful for my hon. Friend's intervention. On the ECO, may I simply say that not only the Qu...; Roger Berry | 443 c493WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to open this debate on the most recent report of the Quadripartite Committee, the G...; Roger Berry | 443 c493-4WH (Link to this contribution) : The Quadripartite Committee is an interesting creature. As Members will be aware, it is a Joint Co...; David Leslie Taylor | 443 c495WH (Link to this contribution) : Will my hon. Friend give way?; Roger Berry | 443 c495WH (Link to this contribution) : I shall, so that my hon. Friend can make the point.; David Leslie Taylor | 443 c495-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I endorse my hon. Friend's comment, which underlines what I said at the start: if we as a Governme...; David Drew | 443 c497WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a compelling case. I and a number of other Members are desperately worried ...; Roger Berry | 443 c496-7WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful for my hon. Friend's intervention. My point is even more basic: to the best of my kn...; David Leslie Taylor | 443 c500WH (Link to this contribution) : When the Minister answers that question, will he also reply to my point about the future of DESO? ...; Roger Berry | 443 c497-500WH (Link to this contribution) : I have a great deal of sympathy with the point my hon. Friend makes, but the question should be di...; John Stanley | 443 c502-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am very pleased to follow the hon. Member for Kingswood (Roger Berry), who was an excellent Chairm...; Roger Berry | 443 c500-2WH (Link to this contribution) : I am again grateful for my hon. Friend's intervention. Cleary, the question is aimed at the Minist...; John Stanley | 443 c503-5WH (Link to this contribution) : The items concerned are missiles with a range of 300 km and more, and torture equipment. The answe...; Roger Berry | 443 c503WH (Link to this contribution) : I am so grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way, and even more so for correcting that ...; Mike Gapes | 443 c506-7WH (Link to this contribution) I should like to begin by taking up the point that my friend and colleague on the Foreign Affairs Co...; John Stanley | 443 c505-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. He makes an important point to which I am sure the Minister w...; Lord Harper | 443 c513-7WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Cotswold (Mr. Clifton-Brown) would normally have replied to this debat...; Baroness Kramer | 443 c511-3WH (Link to this contribution) This is my first outing speaking on international issues for the Liberal Democrats and I shall try a...; Mike Gapes | 443 c507-10WH (Link to this contribution) : The second major area that I want to speak about is the debate about the possible lifting of the E...; Mike Gapes | 443 c507WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to have the opportunity to continue my speech, although for how long I am not sure. ...; Mike Gapes | 443 c517WH (Link to this contribution) : I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his role as spokesman, even if it is only temporary—at least on th...; Mike Gapes | 443 c505WH (Link to this contribution) May I add to what the right hon. Gentleman is saying? In 2007 or 2008, the borders of the European U...; Ian Pearson | 443 c518-20WH (Link to this contribution) : It has been a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship during this important debate, Sir Joh...; Lord Harper | 443 c517-8WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman makes the point very well. In testimony to the Senate Committee, Lord Drayson ...; Roger Berry | 443 c520WH (Link to this contribution) : I welcome that statement, which the Minister has put on the record. I am grateful. It has certainl...; Ian Pearson | 443 c520-1WH (Link to this contribution) : I also want to offer reassurance to the hon. Member for Richmond Park, who raised the issue of whe...; Lord Harper | 443 c521WH (Link to this contribution) : I want to pick up on the HMRC issue. A point alluded to today was made specifically by the hon. Me...; Ian Pearson | 443 c525-6WH (Link to this contribution) : Some of those issues are a matter for the Austrian presidency, but I can say that there is a gener...; Mike Gapes | 443 c525WH (Link to this contribution) : I am pleased that the Minister tells me that there is progress on the toolbox. Can he tell us whet...; Ian Pearson | 443 c525WH (Link to this contribution) : The merits—or otherwise—of lifting the arms embargo are still being discussed and a range of facto...; Lord Harper | 443 c524-5WH (Link to this contribution) : I am still at a loss in respect of lifting the arms embargo. Given the reasons for imposing the em...; Ian Pearson | 443 c524WH (Link to this contribution) : Let me explain about the toolbox first. The toolbox is a set of measures that member states will u...; Ian Pearson | 443 c522WH (Link to this contribution) : I do not know the answer to that question, so it would be best for me to write to my hon. Friend o...; Mike Gapes | 443 c522WH (Link to this contribution) : The Minister made reference to the European Union code, but Turkey is a member of NATO. Are there ...; Ian Pearson | 443 c523WH (Link to this contribution) : The short answer is that I have a great deal of sympathy with what my hon. Friend says. The issue ...; Roger Berry | 443 c522-3WH (Link to this contribution) : If we are talking about a situation where a UK company deliberately sets out to flout the laws res...; Ian Pearson | 443 c521-2WH (Link to this contribution) : I tried to explain that the focus of HMRC's work is targeted primarily at disruption and acting at...; Ian Pearson | 443 c523-4WH (Link to this contribution) : I take that well-made point, which shows the difficulty of the task that we face globally in tryin...; John Stanley | 443 c523WH (Link to this contribution) : Does the Minister not agree that the significance of the Transdniester case was the demonstration ...; Lord Harper | 443 c524WH (Link to this contribution) : Will the Minister give way?
Subjects: Arms trade Licensing Export controls Parliamentary scrutiny Committees on Arms Export Controls
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