Committees on Arms Export Controls launch 2015 inquiry
25 July 2014
The Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC) have commenced their next annual inquiry into the Government’s policies and performance on arms export controls and on arms control issues more widely.
The Committees constitute Members of the Business, Innovation and Skills, Defence, Foreign Affairs and International Development, House of Commons’ Select Committees meeting concurrently. The CAEC’s task throughout the year is to scrutinize the UK Government’s arms export controls procedures and legislation, individual arms export licence decisions, arms export policies, and the UK’s role in international arms control agreements.
The Committee will be taking both oral and written evidence.
The Committees invite written evidence in accordance with the guidelines stated below by midday on Friday 26 September 2014.
Terms of reference
The inquiry will be based upon the Government’s United Kingdom Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2013, published in July 2014, the quarterly reports on arms export control licence applications from October 2013 until present, and other arms control and arms export issues.
Submitting written evidence
Submissions should be made using the electronic portal at the Committees website at www.parliament.uk/caec.
The personal information you supply will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 for the purposes of attributing the evidence you submit and contacting you as necessary in connection with its processing. The Clerk of the House of Commons is the data controller for the purposes of the Act. We may also ask you to comment on the process of submitting evidence via the web portal so that we can look to make improvements. If you have any queries or concerns about the collection and use of this information or do not wish your details to be used for the purpose of collecting feedback, please advise the Committee providing your full name, address, and if relevant your organisation.
The Committees invite written submissions on these issues by midday on Friday 26 September 2014.
Each submission should:
- be no more than 3,000 words in length
- be in Word format with as little use of colour or logos as possible
- have numbered paragraphs
- include a declaration of any interests.
Submissions should be made using the electronic portal at the Committees website at www.parliament.uk/caec.
If you need to send a paper copy please send it to:
The Clerk
Committees on Arms Export Controls
Committee Office
House of Commons
London SW1A 0AA
Please supply a postal address so a copy of the Committees’ Report can be sent to you upon publication.
Please also note that:
- Material already published elsewhere should not form the basis of a submission, but may be referred to within a proposed memorandum, in which case a hard copy of the published work should be included.
- Memoranda submitted must be kept confidential until published by the Committees, unless publication by the person or organization submitting it is specifically authorized by the Committees.
- Once submitted, evidence is the property of the Committees. The Committees normally, though not always, chooses to make public the written evidence it receives, by publishing it on the internet (where it will be searchable), by printing it or by making it available through the Parliamentary Archives. If there is any information you believe to be sensitive you should highlight it and explain what harm you believe would result from its disclosure. The Committees will take this into account in deciding whether to publish or further disclose the evidence.
It would be helpful, for Data Protection purposes, if individuals submitting written evidence send their contact details separately in a covering letter. Please state clearly to which organisation or person the submission should be attributed. You should be aware that there may be circumstances in which the House of Commons will be required to communicate information to third parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.