The House of Commons Committees on Arms Export Control (CAEC) has published a report, Developments in UK Strategic Export Controls: First Joint Report of Sessions 2022-23.
The report states that the Committees “have seen a continued reluctance from Government in engaging with Parliament, stakeholders, and the public on these changes. The new UK Strategic Export Licensing Criteria were implemented without consultation or warning and came into immediate effect; there was no consultation on the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) transformation programme; and disappointingly neither the Foreign Secretary nor the International Trade Secretary were available to provide oral evidence to this inquiry.”
The report also finds that the U.K. government’s Export Control Joint Unit “appears inadequately resourced,” which the report maintains has resulted in delays in processing licence applications that have resulted in firms losing orders and suffering https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/notice-to-exporters-202203-licence-suspensions-and-ogels-revised/nte-202203-licence-suspensions-and-ogels-revised damage.
The full report is at: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/30529/documents/176077/default/
