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Exports: Human Rights

Commons · Question 52095 · Tabled 13 May 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 21 May 2025

Question

Asked by Scott Arthur

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure that UK exports are not used to help facilitate potential human rights abuses.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Doughty, 21 May 2025

Each export licence application is assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, which provides a thorough risk assessment framework. The Government will not grant an export licence if to do so would be inconsistent wit...