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UK Policy On Arms Sales

EDM number 1576 in 2001-02, proposed by Angus Robertson on 08/07/2002.

That this House notes with concern reports that the Government are proposing to relax controls on sales of United Kingdom arms exports, with a Foreign Office source saying that under new guidelines it would be technically possible for British military components to end up in Israel or Kashmir, as reported in the Herald newspaper of 8th July; further notes that this violates the rule that exports of military equipment are banned if there is a risk that they could be used for internal repression or external aggression; believes that this rule has already been violated given the contents of a letter from the Foreign Secretary to the honourable Member for Banff and Buchan of 24th June, which contained information that the Government continued to issue licences for arms sales to India and Pakistan following the military build-up that took place between these countries; further notes the arms trade fair held in London last 11th September, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence, at which representatives of India, Pakistan, Israel, Angola and Uganda among many others were invited, thus potentially adding to conflict in the sub-continent, the Middle East and Africa; and calls on the Government to implement tighter, not ever more permissive rules controlling the export of United Kingdom arms and military equipment.

This motion has been signed by a total of 26 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Angus Robertson08/07/2002MorayScottish National PartyProposed
Lynne Jones09/07/2002Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ann Cryer09/07/2002KeighleyLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing09/07/2002PerthScottish National PartySigned
Simon Thomas09/07/2002CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/07/2002Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Kevin McNamara10/07/2002Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable10/07/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn10/07/2002Islington NorthLabourSigned
Sue Doughty10/07/2002GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing10/07/2002Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Michael Weir10/07/2002AngusScottish National PartySigned
Neil Gerrard11/07/2002WalthamstowLabourSigned
David Drew11/07/2002StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill Etherington16/07/2002Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alex Salmond17/07/2002Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Harold Best17/07/2002Leeds North WestLabourSigned
John Barrett18/07/2002Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge18/07/2002Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson22/07/2002Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John Austin22/07/2002Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Paul Marsden23/07/2002Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Pete Wishart23/07/2002North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Janet Dean24/07/2002BurtonLabourSigned
Adam Price07/11/2002Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
John McDonnell07/11/2002Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned

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