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Helen Grant

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UK-EU Renegotiation
Wednesday 3rd February 2016

(8 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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We have supported the UN Human Rights Council resolution that requires the Government of Yemen to investigate those matters, with the support of the UN.

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Is DFID’s good work in Yemen being undermined by UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia?

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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.

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