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...