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

"4. If he will take steps to facilitate parliamentary scrutiny of future trade agreements. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 29 Mar 2018
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"When there is a new EU trade treaty, the European Scrutiny Committee can review it and the European Parliament can veto it; when there is a new UK treaty, all this House can do is delay its ratification by 21 days. Far from taking back control, does the Minister agree …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jan 2018
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"9. What steps her Department is taking to promote the right to a balanced share of statutory pay for mothers and fathers taking parental leave. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 11 Jan 2018
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"I welcome the Minister’s comments and agree that the introduction of shared parental leave and pay was a radical step that is making a difference, but is he aware that fathers get only the mother’s basic maternity pay, which is not enhanced in any way, so uptake of the scheme …..."
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Written Question
Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
Tuesday 28th November 2017

Asked by: Christine Jardine (Liberal Democrat - Edinburgh West)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if he will impose a ban on the export of arms to Saudi Arabia.

Answered by Mark Garnier - Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Work and Pensions)

The Government takes its export licensing responsibilities very seriously and our processes have been subjected to public and judicial scrutiny.

The Government operates a rigorous and robust process to ensure that any licences for UK defence exports are consistent with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria. The policy remains as announced to parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement on 25 March 2014.

http://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2014-03-25/debates/14032566000018/ConsolidatedEUAndNationalArmsExportLicensingCriteria

The key test for the Government for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to International Humanitarian Law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL. The situation is kept under careful and continual review.