Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Desmond Swayne and Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston

Wednesday 3rd February 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Swayne]

What undermines UK aid, and what makes that aid ever more necessary yet harder to deliver, is the violent and unlawful removal of the Government of Yemen. Only a peace process to restore that will end the suffering.

[Ms Gisela Stuart (Birmingham, Edgbaston) (Lab)]

If we are concerned about arms exports to Saudi Arabia, which fuel the conflict in Yemen, why are the Government not pressing ahead with setting up the cross-party quadripartite committee on arms exports, so that Parliament can control that better?

[Mr Swayne]

As the Prime Minister pointed out, we have the most stringent and robust arms export regulations in the world. We have supported the UN Human Rights Council resolution, and we are committed to the investigation of every abuse or abrogation of international law.