Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last held discussions with his Indian counterpart on facilitating (a) re-export or (b) transhipment of controlled goods that may end up in Russian weaponry.

I have not held discussions with India in relation to either facilitating re-export, or transhipment, of controlled goods that may end up in Russian service. The Government continues to review all licence applications for the export of UK-manufactured military and dual-use equipment against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria, including an assessment of risk that the items will be diverted to an undesirable end-user or for an undesirable end-use. Restrictions on the export of military and dual use goods will also make it more difficult for Russia to access controlled goods.