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Export Controls

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 10 October 2024UIN 6997

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what changes have been made to export licence approval procedures since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

No changes to export licensing procedures have been made since 5 July 2024.

All export licence applications are assessed on a case by case basis against the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria. We are satisfied that these Criteria continue to provide a thorough forward-looking risk assessment process for all export licence applications.

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