United Arab Emirates: Arms Trade
Commons · Question 908076 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Jeremy Corbyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to conduct due diligence when licensing arms transfers to the United Arab Emirates to prevent weapons being used by the Rapid
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 3 Mar 2026
All export licence applications are assessed for the risk of diversion and are kept under careful and continual review. We have recently reviewed over 2,000 licences for the United Arab Emirates (UAE).The risk of diversion is complex and is the single big...