Chemical Weapons
(asked on 13th March 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to instate a prohibition of the export from the UK of any chemical component that can be used to make poison gas.
This question was answered on 27th March 2018
The UK operates one of the most robust export control regimes in the world.
The UK controls the export of chemical warfare agents and key precursor chemicals as specified in the Chemical Weapons Convention and by the Australia Group international export control regime. We can also prevent the export of any other chemical where we have reason to believe that the export concerned may be intended for use in a chemical weapons programme.