Export Licensing: High Court Judgment Debate

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Andy Slaughter

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Export Licensing: High Court Judgment

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Points of Order
Monday 10th July 2017

(7 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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That was very much the view of the Court.

Andy Slaughter Portrait Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith) (Lab)
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May I ask the Secretary of State, as he continues to promote the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia, what regard his Government have to the fact that 157 people were executed there last year, including minors, and that four young men who were arrested as minors, Dawoud al-Marhoon, Abdullah al-Zaher, Ali al-Nimr and Abdulkareem al-Hawaj, remain at imminent risk of execution by crucifixion?

Liam Fox Portrait Dr Fox
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By our engagement with Saudi Arabia, we are able to raise any reservations we have about international humanitarian law and human rights, which we do.

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