Sales Of Surveillance Technology To Repressive States
EDM number 133 in 2017-19, proposed by Jonathan Edwards on 05/07/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Africa, Arms control, Defence equipment and procurement, Human rights, Information technology and Middle East.
That this House notes the reports of the BBC and the Danish newspaper, Dagbadet which questions the lawfulness of BAE Systems' sales of surveillance technology and decryption software to several Gulf and North African states; holds grave concerns over arms manufacturers who are avoiding UK restrictions on arms exports through subsidiary companies; further notes that BAE Systems' sales of decryption technologies arguably violates Category 5 UK arms export restrictions posing a direct threat to the national security of the UK and its allies; believes that the sales of surveillance technology to governments with questionable human rights records damages the UK's global standing; and calls on the Government urgently to review existing legislation and the oversight procedures governing the export of arms and security technologies.
This motion has been signed by a total of 15 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Jonathan Edwards | 05/07/2017 | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | Plaid Cymru | Proposed |
Ben Lake | 06/07/2017 | Ceredigion | Plaid Cymru | Seconded |
Kelvin Hopkins | 06/07/2017 | Luton North | Labour | Seconded |
Caroline Lucas | 10/07/2017 | Brighton, Pavilion | Green | Seconded |
Martyn Day | 10/07/2017 | Linlithgow and East Falkirk | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Drew Hendry | 11/07/2017 | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | Scottish National Party | Seconded |
Alan Brown | 11/07/2017 | Kilmarnock and Loudoun | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Alison Thewliss | 11/07/2017 | Glasgow Central | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Chris Law | 11/07/2017 | Dundee West | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Tommy Sheppard | 11/07/2017 | Edinburgh East | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Roger Godsiff | 11/07/2017 | Birmingham, Hall Green | Labour | Signed |
Stephen Gethins | 11/07/2017 | North East Fife | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Jim Cunningham | 11/07/2017 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
John McNally | 11/07/2017 | Falkirk | Scottish National Party | Signed |
Peter Grant | 20/07/2017 | Glenrothes | Scottish National Party | Signed |
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