Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the 2017 Military and Security Cooperation Agreement between the UK and Saudi Arabia.

The Military and Security Cooperation Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the UK Ministry of Defence and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the detailed content of which is not disclosable to third parties. I am therefore withholding the document as its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice relations between the United Kingdom and another State.

In pursuit of mutual security and regional stability, the Agreement will help Saudi Arabia better protect her national security, in areas such as counter-terrorism, intelligence, training and education, medical services and logistics.