A Bill to make provision for the establishment and publication of a Register of Arms Brokers.
House of Lords
2 May 2017
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The Register of Arms Brokers Bill would create a public register of people and organisations that trade arms, with the register published for transparency. In the Lords’ Committee stage, Liberal Democrat Baroness Jolly pushed three amendments to change how the register’s underpinning orders are made and to ensure a clear entry test, including a requirement that entrants be a ‘fit and proper person’ as defined in government guidance.
The bill is currently in Committee stage in the Lords. Three amendments to Clause 1, all proposed by Baroness Jolly, were agreed in committee, signalling a shift toward greater Parliamentary oversight and a formalised suitability test for entrants. The next steps would be reporting back to the Lords and continuing stages in the Lords before consideration by the other House.
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Line by line examination of the Bill took place during committee stage on 18 November. Amendments discussed covered clause 1 of the Bill.
Report stage – further line by line examination of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2016-2017 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
Baroness Mobarik’s letter to Lord Stevenson of Balmacara, dated 1 December 2016, concerns the committee stage debate on the Register of Arms Brokers Bill. It sets out her views on the Bill and outlines points for consideration by the Lords during the committee proceedings.
A letter dated 1 December 2016 from Baroness Mobarik to Lord Wallace of Saltaire about the committee stage debate on the Register of Arms Brokers Bill [HL]. The excerpt provided does not contain the letter’s substantive content, so no specific proposals or conclusions can be identified from this text.
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