Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia) Debate
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Vince Cable
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Arms Export Licences (Saudi Arabia)
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Elizabeth Truss
The issue is the issuance of licences. That is the issue I look at as Secretary of State and make sure that it is in place properly.
Sir Vince Cable (Twickenham) (LD)
Can the Secretary of State describe the action of British officials in Saudi Arabia in overseeing the use of British weapons by the Saudi forces in a process agreed with her Department and the Ministry of Defence?
Elizabeth Truss
This specific issue is how our process was administered within government. The specific cause of these errors, as we have identified so far, has been the lack of information sharing, but of course I will take up the right hon. Gentleman’s point, too.