Arms Trade: Saudi Arabia
(asked on 28th August 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will suspend arms exports to Saudi Arabia.
This question was answered on 7th September 2020
HM Government is able to review licences – and suspend or revoke as necessary – when circumstances require, and this is done in line with the Consolidated EU and National Arms Export Licensing Criteria.
Specifically, Criterion 2c makes sure that we do not grant licences if there is a clear risk that the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law.