Formal Minutes Session

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1 House of Commons for Arms Export Controls Formal Minutes Session

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3 for Arms Export Controls: Formal Minutes Wednesday 29 June 2016 The and Skills and Foreign Affairs s met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Defence Foreign Affairs Amanda Milling John Spellar Crispin Blunt Mr Nigel Evans Chris White (Chair) Ann Clwyd 1. The Arms Trade Treaty Ann Feltham, Parliamentary Co-ordinator, Campaign Against Arms Trade, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned til Wednesday 6 July at 9.15 am.

4 2 for Arms Export Controls: Formal Minutes Wednesday 6 July 2016 The and Skills, Defence, and s met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Defence Amanda Milling Douglas Chapman Wendy Morton Michelle Thomson John Spellar Chris White (Chair) Mr Iain Wright 1. The use of UK-manufactured arms in Yemen Ordered, That the following written evidence be reported to the House for publication on the internet: ADS Group Save the Children Foreign and Commonwealth Office 2. The Arms Trade Treaty Roy Isbister, Arms Unit, Saferworld, Dr Shavana Musa, Faculty of Law, University of Manchester and Oliver Sprague, Programme Director, Military Security and Police, Amnesty, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned til Wednesday 20 July at 9.15 am.

5 for Arms Export Controls: Formal Minutes Wednesday 20 July 2016 The and Skills, Defence, and s met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Defence Amanda Milling Douglas Chapman Jeremy Lefroy Chris White (Chair) Mr Virendra Sharma Stephen Twigg 1. The Arms Trade Treaty Dr Anna Stavrianakis, Senior Lecturer in Relations, University of Sussex, gave oral evidence. [Adjourned til Wednesday 7 September at 6.00 pm.

6 4 for Arms Export Controls: Formal Minutes Wednesday 7 September 2016 The and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and s met concurrently, pursuant to Standing Order No. 137A. Defence committee Foreign Affairs Peter Kyle Douglas Chapman Crispin Blunt Dr Lisa Cameron Jonathan Reynolds Dr Julian Lewis Ann Clwyd Stephen Doughty Michelle Thomson Jim Shannon Mike Gapes Mr Nigel Evans Chris White (Chair) John Spellar Daniel Kawczynski Stephen Twigg Mr Iain Wright Bob Stewart 1. Unauthorised disclosure of documents Ordered, That the Chair write to the Chair of the Liaison to seek its view on the apparent unauthorised disclosure of documents. 2. The use of UK-manufactured arms in Yemen Question proposed, That the draft Report (The use of UK-manufactured arms in Yemen) proposed by the Chair, be brought up and read. (Chris White.) The s divided. Ayes, 10 Noes, 5 Dr Lisa Cameron Crispin Blunt Douglas Chapman Mr Nigel Evans Ann Clwyd Mike Gapes Stephen Doughty Daniel Kawczynski Peter Kyle John Spellar Jonathan Reynolds Jim Shannon Michelle Thomson Stephen Twigg Iain Wright In the absence of a quorum of the Defence and Foreign Affairs s required to consider a draft Report, only the and Skills and s proceeded to consider the draft Report. Ordered, That the draft Report be considered concurrently, in accordance with Standing Order

7 for Arms Export Controls: Formal Minutes No. 137A(1)(c). Ordered, That the draft Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph. Paragraphs 1 to 117 read and agreed to. Summary agreed to. Appendices agreed to. Ordered, That Stephen Twigg make the Report to the. Ordered, That the Chair make the Report to the. [The s adjourned.