Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many countries which appeared on the list of the UK Government’s Human Rights Priority Countries in 2017 (a) attended and (b) sent delegations to the 2017 Defence and Security Equipment International.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department for International Trade and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office undertake a stringent process of scrutiny and approval before any invitations to foreign governments are issued, for major UK defence exhibitions like DSEI.
Respect for human rights is a mandatory consideration in the process and a country would not be invited where that would contradict the UK’s international obligations. Invitations are reviewed if the situation in any one country changes significantly prior to an exhibition.
Six human rights priority countries were invited and attended Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2017 as official delegations.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many states which appear on the Government’s list of Human Rights Priority Countries are (a) scheduled to attend and (b) scheduled to be represented by delegations to the 2019 Defence and Security Equipment International.
Answered by Graham Stuart
No decisions have yet been taken on official invitations to international delegations to attend Defence and Security Equipment International 2019.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124053 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, if he will publish the (a) personnel and (b) transport costs to the British Army of sending 44 military escort officers to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2017.
Answered by Graham Stuart
There were no personnel and transport costs to the British Army of sending military escort officers to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2017. All associated costs were met in full by the commercial event organiser.
Asked by: Baroness Brown of Silvertown (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 25 January 2018 to Question 124053 on Arms Trade: Trade Fairs, what estimate he has made of the number of military escort officers due to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in 2019.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The number of military escort officers who will be required to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International in September 2019 is not yet finalised.