Reports From The Business And Enterprise Defence Foreign Affairs And International Development Committees Session 2008 09

Dated October 2009. With correction slip. Responses to 1st joint report from the Committees, HC 178, session 2008-09 (ISBN 9780215540867)

work of committees In 2008-09 : Second report of session 2009-10, report, together with formal minutes and Appendices

Dated October 2010. Responses to 1st joint report from the Committees, HC 202, session 2009-10 (ISBN 9780215545497)

Dated October 2012. Responses to 1st joint report from the Committees, HC 419-I, session 2012-13 (ISBN 9780215046772)

The joint committee is known as the Committees on Arms Export Controls, formerly the Quadripartite Committee. The UK strategic export controls annual report 2008 was published as Cm. 7662 (ISBN 9780101766227)

The control of arms by means of non-proliferation and disarmament is one of the most important aims of Government foreign policy. The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction - nuclear, chemical and biological - poses a grave threat to UK and global security. This report was prompted by recent developments relating to nuclear weapons but also examines wider issues. The Committee examine: the Government's approach to non-proliferation and the institutional and policy issues relevant to the UK, the EU, NATO and the United States; nuclear weapons including the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty and nuclear disarmament; biological and chemical weapons; ballistic missiles and missile defence; terrorism and physical security; and conventional weapons. Finally the report assesses the Government's overall strategy, which is characterised by a commitment to a rules-based international system.

On cover and title page: House, committees of the whole House, general committees and select committees

Dated July 2011. Responses to 1st joint report from the Committees, HC 686, session 2010-11 (ISBN 9780215558992)