Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia) Debate
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Alan Brown
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Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)
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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.
Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
In reality, these so-called errors were discovered only after third parties took the UK Government to court, and the Government have fought this issue all the way through the courts. Rather than having an interim procedure, is it not time to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia altogether?
Elizabeth Truss
The breach in the Court findings is specifically about how the procedure was followed, and that is what we must focus on.