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| Oct. 30 | Written Statements | Work of the Department |
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| Mar. 20 | Adjournment Debate | Small Business Exports |
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| Trade Bill 2017-19 | 3rd reading (Minutes of Proceedings): House of Lords 20 March, 2019 | 23 May 2019, 3 p.m. | ||
| The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. Make provision about the implementation of international trade agreements; to make provision establishing the Trade Remedies Authority and conferring functions on it; and to make provision about the collection and disclosure of information relating to trade. | ||||
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| Jan. 22 | UK-Africa Investment Summit 2020: an important year for UK-Rwanda relations | News and Communications |
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| Jan. 22 | Minister hails UK-Morocco future | News and Communications |
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| Date | Title | Questioner |
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| 21 Jan 2020, 12:08 p.m. | Raytheon: Saudi Arabia | Lloyd Russell-Moyle |
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Question To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to extant licences for the export of controlled goods from Raytheon UK to Saudi Arabia, if she will set out (a) the type of those licences, (b) their start and end dates, (c) their item codes in the Consolidated list of strategic military and dual-use items that require export authorisation and (d) the quantity of goods exported under those respective licences. Answer (Graham Stuart) Providing the detailed information requested would disclose commercially sensitive information, however we can advise there is one extant Standard Individual Export Licence (SIEL) granted to Raytheon UK for export to Saudi Arabia. The licence was issued in the first quarter of 2018, with a two year validity and covers the item rating ML4. |
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