Speeches by Doughty.

“Not for military use, no.”

“Not in a way that is risking a lack of compliance with IHL. That is our understanding of the current assessment. There is a current assessment going on and this is a rolling process—we are constantly keeping this under review. That is not just in relation to Gaza, of course, but in relation to all our export licences a…”

“Not for military use.”

“In essence, it is that the SELC produced the evidence, it considered all those points that I raised previously, and the Foreign Secretary was then given a submission that set out the assessment of the risk—the level of belief that there was a risk. He then took a judgment on that and wrote to the Secretary of State for…”

“Yes.”

“That is correct but, as I said, those two decisions about the detainees and humanitarian access obviously give rise to a wider concern about Israel’s willingness to comply with international humanitarian law. Therefore, that decision and the wider approach that is taken influences them, and in effect it would have led …”

“Yes, it is a clearer and more definitive process.”

“Just to correct, it is not a partial suspension of licences. There are some licences that have been suspended and some that have not, and that is based on an assessment of each individual licence.”

“We are very clear on the scale of destruction that you describe. The level of civilian deaths is appalling—it is completely unacceptable. That was exactly why we called for an immediate ceasefire as one of the first things that the Foreign Secretary did, and he has consistently raised—along with other ministerial colle…”

“As I have said, it is very, very clear to us that the definitive judgments we have been able to reach in those first two areas give rise to a wider concern about willingness to comply with IHL. That is very, very clear.”

“I should just point out that, practically, you have one piece of evidence in front of you—imagery or otherwise—but unless you understand what the process was leading to the targeting, or a decision about target selection or proportionality, which we do not have, you cannot make a definitive decision. That is the challe…”

“Well, we have been led to a clear conclusion that there is a risk that Israel is not complying with IHL.”

“On the two grounds that I have set out, Chair.”

“No, because we have not been able to reach that definitive judgment.”

“Yes, and we do not have access to all that on the conduct side.”

“Criterion number 8, Mr Western, sets out the economic situation and sustainable development of the importing country, and takes into account whether a transfer would undermine the economy or seriously hamper the sustainable development of a recipient. There is a whole series of criteria here that are considered as part…”

“Well, no, because we support a ceasefire. That was the first thing that we did when coming into government. We commissioned this review, we have made sure that we restarted the funding to UNRWA, and we have taken a whole series of decisions—by the way, not just in relation to Gaza, but in terms of the sanctions that we…”

“We are confident that the decisions that we have taken are compliant with all our international legal obligations. That includes a range of the measures. Fundamentally, we are applying the strategic export licensing criterion 2c, based on which those decisions have been made.”

“Well, Mr Poynton, we respect the independence of the International Criminal Court in investigating and prosecuting the most serious crimes of international concern. We are party to the Rome statute, and we take our obligations to that very, very seriously, as we do to the role of the ICJ. In terms of the specific issue…”

“All the matters are considered as part of that rolling assessment process.”