Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia) Debate
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Martin Docherty-Hughes
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Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)
Martin Docherty-Hughes Excerpts(4 years, 7 months ago)
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Elizabeth Truss
The issue in question is specifically about whether or not the process was followed, and today we have submitted an affidavit to the court with full details.
Martin Docherty-Hughes (West Dunbartonshire) (SNP)
With regard to the kindness of the House, may I be the first to thank my hon. Friend the Member for Dundee West (Chris Law) for securing this urgent question to expose the utter incompetence around this issue. Thousands of UK citizens, military and civilian, are working on projects that are designed to be beyond the reach of this Parliament. What steps are the Government taking to ensure that they are not involved in projects in Yemen?
Elizabeth Truss
The question refers specifically to the process of issuing export licences, and that is what I have been focusing on.