Topical Questions

Part of International Trade – in the House of Commons at on 17 October 2019.

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Photo of Graham Stuart Graham Stuart Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for International Trade)

I congratulate my hon. Friend on working so hard to promote businesses in his area. I am delighted that our performance in dealing with licence applications is good, and I pay tribute to those who work in the Export Control Joint Unit. Some 80% of applications are concluded within 20 days, and 96% within 60 days. In some cases, complex issues have to be assessed, but we will do everything that we can to facilitate and accelerate the decision on the case raised by my hon. Friend.