Summary
In this Report
‘Strategic
Export Controls: 2007 Review’ (HC 117), the Quadripartite Committee calls
for tighter controls on UK arms export trade.
In June 2007 the
Government published a consultation document 'Export Control Act 2002: 2007
Review of Export Control Legislation' (Available to
download). This Report
sets out the Quadripartite Committee's own review of export control
legislation, along with its response to the Government's consultation
document.
The Committee concludes that the
Export
Control Act 2002 has provided a sound legislative basis for controlling and
regulating the UK's strategic exports but that there are gaps and
shortcomings.
It also welcomes the Government's review as a constructive
process that addresses many of the issues the Committee and other parties have
raised over several years and praises the improvement in the volume and
quantity of information that the Government provides.
However the
Committee finds that the Government's review does not mention HM Revenue and
Customs, the department that enforces the controls, and ignores the European
Union (EU) dimension despite a significant part of the export control regime
being derived from EU legislation.
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