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Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate

House of Lords written question – answered at on 18 July 2005.

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Photo of The Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester Bishop

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What assessment they have made of the impact that the full or part-privatisation of the Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate's services would have on the export licence denial notification systems of the European Union Code of Conduct on Arms Exports and the Wassenaar arrangement.

Photo of Lord Sainsbury of Turville Lord Sainsbury of Turville Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Trade and Industry) (Science and Innovation)

We assess that any outsourcing would have no impact on the denial notification systems.

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