Saudi Arabia: Mass Executions Debate
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Robert Courts
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(5 years, 8 months ago)
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Sir Alan Duncan
The hon. Lady mentions Yemen. I have spent many decades taking an interest in Yemen. I hope we will now see some progress towards a political settlement. We have to give our full support to Martin Griffiths, our UN representative. Part of the message we have to send to the Saudi Government is that bombings in Yemen do not achieve any of the objectives they have set out to achieve, and we need a political settlement as a matter of urgency.
Robert Courts (Witney) (Con)
Will my right hon. Friend reassure my constituents that this country does not pursue trade at the expense of human rights?
Sir Alan Duncan
I can give that assurance. We obviously want to defend human rights everywhere, and we want to maximise our trade, but we will not pursue a trade opportunity at the expense of human rights.