Clause 3 - Purposes of orders under section 1(1) or 2(1)
Export Control Bill
12:15 pm
Mr Nigel Griffiths (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; Edinburgh South, Labour)
There would not necessarily have to be a licence application. If it was decided that the UK would unilaterally impose an embargo in response to an emergency somewhere in the world, details of that would be circulated. Any subsequent application for a licence would be measured against that. Clause 3(2) is intended to allow for the application of the Bill to unanticipated cases, enabling the Secretary of State to take appropriate action in possibly highly unusual circumstances. All such actions would be reported to Parliament and subject to Parliament's express approval under the resolution procedure.