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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Mar 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"T2. Have the Government made any assessment of whether local councils are meeting their duties under the Equality Act 2010, by keeping pavements clear of obstructions and safe for disabled people to walk?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 14 Mar 2018
European Affairs

"On that point about regulation, the Government’s leaked cross-Whitehall EU exit analysis paper outlines the regulatory opportunities of Brexit and states:

“A cross-Whitehall work-stream is working through these opportunities.”

Does my hon. Friend agree that that is code for deregulation and the ripping up of our workplace environment rights? The …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"8. How many and what proportion of employers within the scope of the gender pay gap regulations have published gender pay gap data. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Feb 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"What measures are the Government undertaking to work with private sector business, civil society and others to close the gender pay gap?..."
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Written Question
Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
Tuesday 30th January 2018

Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many UK arms export licenses have been granted to Saudi Arabia in each of the last five years.

Answered by Graham Stuart

All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, known as the Consolidated Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.

The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted and refused on GOV.UK and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data

Currently this includes information up to 30 September 2017. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2017 will be published in April 2018. The data for 2017 is therefore only available for January – September 2017. The figures for licences granted for military exports are as follows:

India

Indonesia

Saudi Arabia

2013

626

173

148

2014

570

154

148

2015

615

180

194

2016

619

190

119

Q1-Q3 2017

469

172

134

Written Question
Arms Trade: Indonesia
Tuesday 30th January 2018

Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many UK arms export licenses have been granted to Indonesia in each of the last five years.

Answered by Graham Stuart

All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, known as the Consolidated Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.

The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted and refused on GOV.UK and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data

Currently this includes information up to 30 September 2017. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2017 will be published in April 2018. The data for 2017 is therefore only available for January – September 2017. The figures for licences granted for military exports are as follows:

India

Indonesia

Saudi Arabia

2013

626

173

148

2014

570

154

148

2015

615

180

194

2016

619

190

119

Q1-Q3 2017

469

172

134

Written Question
Arms Trade: India
Tuesday 30th January 2018

Asked by: Alex Sobel (Labour (Co-op) - Leeds Central and Headingley)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many UK arms export licenses have been granted to India in each of the last five years.

Answered by Graham Stuart

All export licence applications are considered on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, known as the Consolidated Criteria, based on the most up-to-date information and analysis available, including reports from NGOs and our overseas network.

The Government publishes Official Statistics (on a quarterly and annual basis) on export licences granted and refused on GOV.UK and can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/strategic-export-controls-licensing-data

Currently this includes information up to 30 September 2017. Information covering 1 October to 31 December 2017 will be published in April 2018. The data for 2017 is therefore only available for January – September 2017. The figures for licences granted for military exports are as follows:

India

Indonesia

Saudi Arabia

2013

626

173

148

2014

570

154

148

2015

615

180

194

2016

619

190

119

Q1-Q3 2017

469

172

134