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Written question asked by Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour) on Monday, 8 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 October 2018 (named day). It was answered by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 October 2018 on behalf of the Department for International Trade.

Arms Trade: Israel

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment the Government has made of the potential risk of nuclear proliferation arsing from the approval of the export of submarine components to Israel.

Answer

Export licence applications for all countries, including Israel, are rigorously assessed on a case by case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, taking account of all prevailing circumstances at the time of application.

In these cases we assessed that the components in question did not have utility in a nuclear weapons programme and therefore there was no potential risk of nuclear proliferation.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
176570
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Arms trade Components Exports Nuclear weapons Proliferation Israel Submarines
Link
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