Yemen: Cluster Munitions Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence

Yemen: Cluster Munitions

Valerie Vaz Excerpts
Tuesday 24th May 2016

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Philip Dunne Portrait Mr Dunne
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Sorry, President Hadi. It is therefore a fully legitimised operation. The right hon. Gentleman is right that the primary aim of the efforts of the United Kingdom Government is to ensure that peace is restored to the country. To that end, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, my hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood), meets the Saudi ambassador routinely. He last saw him last week and continually impresses upon him the importance of the negotiations in Kuwait. We are seeking to assist those negotiations to the extent that we can.

Valerie Vaz Portrait Valerie Vaz (Walsall South) (Lab)
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In his earlier reply, the Minister mentioned that we have not supplied munitions for a long time. Will he clarify the date when we last supplied munitions?

Philip Dunne Portrait Mr Dunne
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In my response to the urgent question, I made it clear that 1989 was the last time we supplied any BL-755 munitions.