To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what monitoring is being undertaken by the Government to ascertain whether components subject to an export licence which are supplied to a third country and were known either to be intended for re-export to Israel, or where there was a known risk of diversion to Israel, are being used in the military incursions by Israel into Gaza and the West Bank which commenced on 27 June; and what the results have been of any such monitoring. (84048)

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave him on 5 July 2006, Official Report, column1158W and the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign affairs, (Mr. McCartney) on 6 July 2006, Official Report, column 1340W. All licences, including for incorporation, are assessed against the consolidated criteria and prevailing circumstances at the time of application. This would include the risk that equipment could be diverted to an undesirable end-user or end-use.