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Shipping: Weapons

Asked by Liam ByrneLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 15 November 2024UIN 13416

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the weapons stored in Vessel Based Armouries operated by MNG Maritime were returned to the UK following his Department’s revocation in July 2023 of six export licences.

Answered by Mr Douglas Alexander

Private Maritime Security Companies impacted by the revocation of MNG Maritime’s Licences were given a month to begin the process of relocating their controlled goods, including submitting licence applications to store those controlled goods on another approved vessel based or land-based armoury.

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