Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia

(asked on 22nd February 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, whether arms sales granted an export license by the Government have been used by Saudi Arabia and their coalition partners in combat missions which have resulted in civilian casualties.


Answered by
Ranil Jayawardena Portrait
Ranil Jayawardena
This question was answered on 25th February 2021

The United Kingdom has a robust export controls regime. All export licence applications are assessed on a case-by-case basis against the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria (the “Consolidated Criteria”).

We have been clear that equipment manufactured in the United Kingdom is used all over the world, and we are equally clear that a licence will not be granted if to do so would be inconsistent with the Consolidated Criteria.

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