Absolutely. For about 20 years now, we've had the Committees on Arms Export Controls, which bring together the defence, foreign affairs, international development, and international trade committees. They each supply a quarter of the MPs on the committees. In a variety of different ways, the committees seek to hold ministers to account.
Most typically, certainly up until 2015, the committees held an annual inquiry where some members of civil society would present evidence and then the foreign secretary and the business secretary would present oral evidence. They would receive written evidence from a wide variety of sources, as well as oral evidence from industry, and compile a report looking at the government's own report on its arms transfer activities in the previous year.
In the last Parliament, that was varied, and they tried to look at a series of individual questions, like arms transfers to Saudi Arabia, the implementation of the Arms Trade Treaty, and procurement questions. Due to the deeply political nature, in particular of arms sales to Saudi Arabia, that one didn't go so well. The committees have just been reconstituted and we're now eagerly anticipating how ministers will be held to account by committees in future. As I mentioned, there are also a variety of questions and requests for ministerial statements that are made throughout the year on arms trade issues.