Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
(asked on 8th July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which Minister in her Department was responsible for the approval of any arms export licences for (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) its coalition partners from 17 July 2016 to 9 January 2018.
This question was answered on 13th July 2020
My Rt Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for International Trade is ultimately responsible for decisions on all strategic export licences.
Her predecessor, my Rt Hon. Friend for North Somerset, held the post during the dates referred to.