Scrutiny of Arms Exports and Arms Controls (2014): Scrutiny of the Government’s UK Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2012, the Government’s Quarterly Reports from October 2012 to September 2013, and the Government’s policies on arms exports and international arms control issues

The 2014 Report of the UK Parliaments' House of Commons Committees on Arms Export Controls (CAEC), which scrutinizes the UK Government’s arms exports and arms control policies and practices in unprecedented depth and detail, was published on the 23 July 2014.

In the context of the attack on the Malaysian Airlines passenger plane on the 17 July 2014 and the question of possible sanctions against Russia, the report was of special interest.

Licences to export arms worth millions of pounds to Russia remained in place despite fears that Moscow was arming rebels in Ukraine, Members of Parliament said.

• Primary Source

United Kingdom: Parliament: House of Commons: News, 23.07.14: MPs call for tightening over arms exports for external repression http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/other-committees/committee-on-arms-export-controls/news/report-arms-export-and-controls-2014/

ESO: Background information: Putin accuses US of 'blackmail' on French bank fine http://www.europeansources.info/record/putin-accuses-us-of-blackmail-on-french-bank-fine/

BBC News, 23.07.14: UK still licensing arms exports to Russia, say MPs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-28424395

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