This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition Stricter licencing laws for armaments importers
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It is not right that one of the UK's biggest exports is armaments which are sold to repressive regimes. As late as February this year armaments were sold to Libya - this is simply unacceptable.
Stricter laws are needed so that only democratic regimes can buy British armaments. Possible requirements to obtain a licence could include: regimes to have a democratic form of government; freedom of speech, assemby and press to exist; and reasonable proof that the armaments will only be used for legitimate security purposes.
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