Adjournment debate on Thursday, 20 October 2011, in the House of Commons, led by John Stanley. The answering member was Mark Prisk.

Arms Export Controls

Westminster Hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on arms export controls.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 533 c337-70WH
Session: 2010-12
Department: Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Bob Stewart | 533 c362WH (Link to this contribution) I have been in a country, Bosnia, where there was an arms embargo. Under the new conditions, would i...; John Stanley | 533 c361WH (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister leaves the issue of the revised risk categorisation, I want to put a key point t...; Mark Prisk | 533 c361-2WH (Link to this contribution) The intention is to ensure that no inappropriate grants are made. Can I be absolutely sure that a sy...; Toby Perkins | 533 c361WH (Link to this contribution) As I said previously, I think for six months' work the statement is pretty light on detail. It refer...; Mark Prisk | 533 c361WH (Link to this contribution) The first thing we had to do was analyse a live situation in a number of different countries, to ens...; Toby Perkins | 533 c356-60WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are having this debate for precisely that reason, and that is...; Mark Prisk | 533 c360-1WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Islington North (Jeremy Corbyn) was right to say that it is disappointing that o...; Mark Prisk | 533 c362-3WH (Link to this contribution) I understand the point, though it is not only authoritarian regimes that act in a way we sometimes f...; Jeremy Corbyn | 533 c362WH (Link to this contribution) I commend the Minister for suspending the export licences to Bahrain earlier this year. The list of ...; Mark Prisk | 533 c364-7WH (Link to this contribution) The point is that putting those items into category B of the trade controls means that, wherever a p...; John Stanley | 533 c367-70WH (Link to this contribution) In accordance with the usual conventions, I will make a brief winding-up speech. I am grateful to al...; Jeremy Corbyn | 533 c363-4WH (Link to this contribution) Does that also include a universal jurisdiction application for any person who arrives in this count...; Baroness Burt of Solihull | 533 c338WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to intervene so early in the right hon. Gentleman's speech. On that point, does he agree ...; John Stanley | 533 c338-41WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the hon. Lady's point. That is one of the central areas on which we constantly...; John Stanley | 533 c337-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am glad to open what I hope and expect to be the first of our annual debates on the reports of the...; Mark Prisk | 533 c345WH (Link to this contribution) Specifically on that point, and as a junior member of the Government, let me assure the hon. Lady th...; Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 533 c345-7WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that intervention. In many ways, successive Administrations have dealt wit...; Mike Gapes | 533 c347-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Sir John Stanley) on his typically d...; Jeremy Corbyn | 533 c348WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for the way he puts the case of Colombia. Does he accept that there is a prob...; Toby Perkins | 533 c342WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful that the right hon. Gentleman did not accept my intervention the second I offered it, ...; John Stanley | 533 c341-2WH (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will wait one moment, I will finish my point. The Foreign Secretary added:"““...; Jeremy Corbyn | 533 c342WH (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that I missed the first part of the right hon. Gentleman's speech and I thank him for the...; John Stanley | 533 c342WH (Link to this contribution) As I have said, I remain to be persuaded that the Government have satisfactorily addressed the key i...; Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 533 c344-5WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Chair of the Committees on Arms Export Controls on the way in which he has presen...; John Stanley | 533 c342-4WH (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with the hon. Gentleman that the serious abuses of human rights that have occurred ...; Baroness Clark of Kilwinning | 533 c356WH (Link to this contribution) I am listening with interest to my hon. Friend. Does he agree that we are lucky to live in a stable ...; Bob Stewart | 533 c355WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way and I thank you too, Mr Leigh, for allowing me to speak. W...; Toby Perkins | 533 c355-6WH (Link to this contribution) I have no doubt that it is an idea worth considering, but the relationship between the defence indus...; Mike Gapes | 533 c350WH (Link to this contribution) I will do so. I wish simply to point out that there is an important restriction on Sri Lanka receivi...; Speaker | 533 c350WH (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman is experienced. I am sure that he has read the report carefully and will b...; Mike Gapes | 533 c348-50WH (Link to this contribution) I accept that that is a danger. Obviously, countries vary considerably, and Ministers and ministries...; Toby Perkins | 533 c354-5WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much, Mr Leigh, for calling me to speak. I start by welcoming the work that has been...; Mark Prisk | 533 c354WH (Link to this contribution) I did not have the chance earlier, because the hon. Member for Ilford South (Mike Gapes) moved on to...; Jeremy Corbyn | 533 c350-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to be able to take part in the debate. I thank the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and ...; Mark Prisk | 533 c362WH (Link to this contribution) That highlights the dangers and the challenges around policy and military issues, and the difficulty...; Jeremy Corbyn | 533 c354WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that intervention and I am very relieved to hear that, because the lobbying...
Subjects: Corruption Arms control Arms trade Licensing Export controls Treaties Weapons Torture Saudi Arabia Middle East Rendition Dual use goods and technologies Export Control Organisation
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Arms Export Controls

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