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Defence: Small Businesses

Commons · Question 5215 · Tabled 29 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 8 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by John Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that compliance requirements relating to sanctions, export controls and anti-money-laundering rules do not have a disproportionate effect on defence S

Answer

Answered by Chris Bryant, 8 Jun 2026

DBT operates a clear, proportionate, and robust system of export controls and sanctions, promoting both UK prosperity and national and global security. DBT supports all exporters with their compliance obligations through a suite of regularly updated guida...