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Volume II Oral and Written Evidence and the Committees' Correspondence with Ministers House of Commons Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees Scrutiny of Arms Exports (2012): UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2010, Quarterly Reports for July to December 2010 and January to September 2011, the Government's Review of arms exports to the Middle East and North Africa, and wider arms control issues First Joint Report of Session 2012–13 Second Report from the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee of Session 2012–13 Fourth Report from the Defence Committee of Session 2012–13 First Report from the Foreign Affairs Committee of Session 2012–13 Second Report from the International Development Committee of Session 2012–13 Volume II Oral and written evidence and the Committees' correspondence with Ministers Ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 2 July 2012 HC 419-II Incorporating HC 1697, Session 2010-12 Published on 13 July 2012 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £18.50 The Committees on Arms Export Controls The Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development Committees are appointed by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Ministry of Defence, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development and any associated public bodies. Current membership BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS: Mr Adrian Bailey*§, Mr Brian Binley, Paul Blomfield, Katy Clark*, Julie Elliott, Rebecca Harris, Margot James*, Simon Kirby, Ann McKechin*, Mr David Ward, Nadhim Zahawi* DEFENCE: Rt Hon James Arbuthnot§, Mr Julian Brazier, Thomas Docherty, Rt Hon Jeffrey M. Donaldson*, John Glen*, Mr Dai Harvard, Mrs Madeleine Moon, Penny Mordaunt,* Sandra Osborne, Sir Bob Russell, Bob Stewart*, Ms Gisela Stuart FOREIGN AFFAIRS: , Rt Hon Sir John Stanley* (Chair of the Committees’ concurrent meetings), Richard Ottaway§, Rt Hon Mr Bob Ainsworth, Mr John Baron, Rt Hon Sir Menzies Campbell, Rt Hon Ann Clwyd*, Mike Gapes*, Mark Hendrick, Andrew Rosindell, Mr Frank Roy, Rory Stewart*, Mr Dave Watts* (left Committee 25/6/2012) INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Bruce*§, Hugh Bayley, Richard Burden*, Mr Sam Gyimah, Richard Harrington, Pauline Latham, Jeremy Lefroy, Mr Michael McCann, Alison McGovern, Fiona O’Donnell*, Chris White* * Member who participated in the inquiry leading to this Report § Chair of a participating Committee Powers The Committees are departmental select committees, the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders, principally in Standing Order No 152. The powers of the Committees to work together and agree joint reports are set out in Standing Order No. 137A. These Standing Orders are available on the Internet via www.parliament.uk. Publication The Reports and evidence of the Committees are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications of the Committees (including news items) are on the internet at http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/other- committees/committee-on-arms-export-controls/. Committee staff The current staff of the Committees are Keith Neary (Clerk), Vanessa Hallinan (Committee Assistant), and Alex Paterson (Media Officer) Contacts All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Committees on Arms Export Controls, House of Commons, 7 Millbank, London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 2420; the Committees’ email address is [email protected] Witnesses Monday 23 January 2012 Page Roy Ibister, Team leader, Small Arms and Transfer Controls, Saferworld, Oliver Sprague, Programme Director, Military Security and Police, Amnesty International UK, and Martin Butcher, Policy Adviser, Arms Campaign, Oxfam GB Ev 1 David Hayes, Chairman of EGAD, David Hayes Export Controls, Bernadette Peers, Compliance Manager, Strategic Shipping Company Ltd, Brinley Salzmann, Secretary of EGAD, ADS Group Ltd, and Barry Fletcher, Executive Committee Member of EGAD, Fletcher International Export Consultancy Ev 9 Tuesday 7 February 2012 Rt Hon Dr Vince Cable MP, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and President of the Board of Trade, Tom Smith, Head of the Export Control Organisation, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and Chris Chew, Head of Policy, Export Control Organisation Ev 16 Rt Hon William Hague MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Sarah MacIntosh, Director of Defence and International Security, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and David Hall, Deputy Head, Counter-Proliferation Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office List of printed written evidence 1 Dr Neil Cooper, Peace Studies, University of Bradford Ev 33 2 Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) Ev 36 3 Export Group for Aerospace and Defence (EGAD)s Ev 40; Ev 54 4 UK Working Group on Arms (UKWG) Ev 43; Ev 58 5 The Rt Hon Vince Cable MP Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills Ev 56 6 Amnesty International UK Ev 56; Ev 57 The Committees’ correspondence with Ministers CAEC’s correspondence with Ministers since the last Report (HC686) published on 5 April 2011. Date From To Subject Evidence reference 07/04/2011 Alistair Burt Chairman The Committees’ 2011 Report HC686 62 14/07/2011 Chairman Foreign Secretary Review of Arms Exports 63 18/07/2011 Chairman Foreign Secretary CAAC’s questions on the Government’s Response Cm 8079 to the Committees’ 63 2011 Report HC686 21/07/2011 Chairman Foreign Secretary US/UK Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty 65 30/07/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman Review of Arms Exports 66 05/08/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman US/UK Defence Trade Cooperation Treaty 66 05/09/2011 Chairman Vince Cable Anders Breivik 67 30/09/2011 Foreign Secretary Chairman CAEC’s questions on the Government’s Response Cm 8079 to the Committees’ 2011 Report HC686, and 67 questions on the Review of Arms Exports 143 01/10/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman Review of Arms Exports 19/10/2011 Chairman Foreign Secretary The Government’s Annual Report on Arms Exports 143 2010 HC 1042 24/10/2011 Chairman Foreign Secretary 2010 Q3 & Q4 questions and answers 148 08/11/2011 Vince Cable Chairman Anders Breivik 149 21/11/2011 Chairman Vince Cable Priority Markets list 149 21/11/2011 Chairman Foreign Secretary Review of Arms Exports and Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Human 149 Rights Guidance 08/12/2011 Vince Cable Chairman Priority Marketslist 149 09/12/2011 Foreign Secretary Review of Arms Exports and Overseas Security and 150 Justice Assistance Human Chairman Rights Guidance 15/12/2011 Foreign Secretary Chairman Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Human 150 Rights Guidance 16/12/2011 Chairman Foreign Secretary 2010 Q3 & Q4 questions and answers 151 Date From To Subject Evidence reference 16/12/2011 Chairman Foreign Secretary The Government’s Annual Report on arms exports 151 2010 HC 1042 16/12/2011 Chairman Vince Cable Guy Savage 151 07/01/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman The Government’s Annual Report on arms exports Annex 11 2010 HC 1042 10/01/2012 Chairman Vince Cable "Brass plate" companies, Pre-licensed registration of arms brokers, Extra- 152 territoriality 16/01/2012 Chairman Foreign Secretary Internal repression 152 17/01/2012 Chairman Foreign Secretary Thor Liberty 154 19/01/2012 Vince Cable Chairman Guy Savage 154 25/01/2012 Chairman Foreign Secretary China 154 02/02/2012 Vince Cable Chairman "Brass plate" companies, Pre-licensed registration of arms brokers, Extra- 155 territoriality 02/02/2012 Vince Cable Chairman Thor Liberty 156 06/02/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman Internal repression Thor Liberty 156 China 06/02/2012 Vince Cable Chairman Priority Markets list 163 06/02/2012 Alistair Burt Chairman Embargo on Somalia 164 08/02/2012 Alistair Burt Chairman Export of Tasers 164 13/02/2012 Vince Cable Chairman Trade Exhibitions 165 20/02/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman Overseas Security and Justice Assistance Human 165 Rights Guidance 20/02/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman Trident 166 20/02/2012 Alistair Burt Chairman Westminster Hall Human Rights debate follow-up - 166 Human rights, Consolidated Criteria, Bahrain 21/02/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman 2010 Q3 & Q4 questions and answers 167 28/02/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman Bahrain and Yemen 178 08/03/2012 Vince Cable Chairman Lord Alton's Re-Export 56 Controls Bill 21/03/2012 Alistair Burt Chairman National Counter Annex 12 Proliferation Strategy 2012– 2015 26/03/2012 Vince Cable Chairman Trade Exhibitions 180 181 16/04/2012 Chairman Foreign Secretary Bahrain and Yemen 26/04/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman Argentina arms exports 181 26/04/2012 Alistair Burt Chairman Egypt arms exports 181 Date From To Subject Evidence reference 183 01/05/2012 Foreign Secretary Chairman Bahrain and Yemen List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament The reference number of the Government’s response to each Report is printed in brackets after the HC printing number. Session 2010–12 First Joint Report Scrutiny of Arms Export Controls (2011): UK Strategic HC 686 (Cm 8079) Export Controls Annual Report 2009, Quarterly Reports for 2010, licensing policy and review of export control legislation cobber Pack: U PL: COE1 [SO] Processed: [10-07-2012 15:15] Job: 019699 Unit: PG01 Source: /MILES/PKU/INPUT/019699/019699_o001_th_Corrected transcript - CAEC 23 January 2012.xml Committees on Arms Export Controls: Evidence Ev 1 Oral evidence Taken before the Committees on Arms Export Controls on Monday 23 January 2012 Members present: Sir John Stanley (Chair) Malcolm Bruce Ann McKechin Richard Burden Penny Mordaunt Katy Clark Bob Stewart Ann Clwyd Mr Dave Watts Mike Gapes Chris White John Glen ________________ Examination of Witnesses Witnesses: Roy Ibister, Team leader, Small Arms and Transfer Controls, Saferworld, Oliver Sprague, Programme Director, Military Security and Police, Amnesty International UK, and Martin Butcher, Policy Adviser, Arms Campaign, Oxfam GB, gave evidence. Chair: Mr Ibister, Mr Sprague and Mr Butcher, scope of transfers to be regulated of prior welcome to you.
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