Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia) Debate
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Brendan O'Hara
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Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)
Brendan O'Hara Excerpts(4 years, 7 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
The question refers specifically to the process of issuing export licences, and that is what I have been focusing on.
Brendan O'Hara (Argyll and Bute) (SNP)
Is it not the case that this Government will always seek to break their own rules and turn a blind eye to breaches of humanitarian law when there is money to be made and deals to be had?
Elizabeth Truss
As soon as this issue was brought to my attention on 12 September, I took action to ensure that such things cannot happen.