Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether existing licences that have been granted under the current EU exports control regime will continue to apply once the UK has left the EU.
Answered by Graham Stuart
If the UK leaves the EU without a deal export licences granted by the UK would continue to be valid for export from the UK. Licences granted by the UK would no longer be valid for export from other EU Member States, and licences granted by the other Member States would no longer be valid for export from the UK.
If the UK ratifies the draft Withdrawal Agreement licences granted under the EU export control regime would continue to be valid throughout the EU until the end of the Implementation Period.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Part 3 (3)(d) of the Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, how the Government plans to work with the EU in respect of administering brokering licences.
Answered by Graham Stuart
If we leave the EU without a deal the UK would no longer be able to participate in the EU’s formal information exchange and cooperation mechanisms. In such a scenario the creation of any future UK-EU cooperation and dialogue mechanisms would be subject to negotiation.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to Part 3 (3)(d) of the Trade etc. in Dual-Use Items and Firearms etc. (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, whether the Government plans to continue formal dialogue with the EU on restricted exports.
Answered by Graham Stuart
If we leave the EU without a deal the UK would no longer be able to participate in the EU’s formal information exchange and cooperation mechanisms. In such a scenario the creation of any future UK-EU cooperation and dialogue mechanisms would be subject to negotiation.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, how the government plans to report on (a) the success of those measures and (b) proposals for improvement.
Answered by Graham Stuart
These Regulations are made to address inoperabilities and deficiencies of retained EU law arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU and to ensure EU-derived domestic export control legislation operates effectively post-exit.
The retained version of the Regulation requires the Secretary of State to prepare and publish an annual activity report, providing information on the number of applications received, on the goods and countries concerned by these applications, and on the decisions taken on these applications.
Asked by: Judith Cummins (Labour - Bradford South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, with reference to the Trade in Torture etc. Goods (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, what the Government’s proposed penalties are for breaching those regulations.
Answered by Graham Stuart
These Regulations are made to address inoperabilities and deficiencies of retained EU law arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU and to ensure EU-derived domestic export control legislation operates effectively post-exit. Maximum penalties for breaches of retained Regulation 2019/125 would continue to be the same as the penalties for breaches of the existing EU regulation, namely 10 years imprisonment and an unlimited fine.