Mentions:
1: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) No doubt the Foreign Secretary will talk to our Saudi partners about that and, crucially, broaden the - Speech Link
2: Stephen Flynn (SNP - Aberdeen South) The Houthis have been under almost constant bombardment from Saudi Arabia for the best part of eight - Speech Link
3: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) I have been very clear that military action was a last resort. - Speech Link
4: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) These are all topics with which we are engaged with our Saudi partners. - Speech Link
5: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) Rather than bombing the Houthis, who have been bombed for a decade by Saudi Arabia with the best military - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord True (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is an extraordinarily important player and actor in the field. - Speech Link
2: Lord True (Con - Life peer) expertise in these matters, there has been a de facto settlement in some of the conflict in Lebanon, which Saudi - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Scriven (LD - Life peer) Recently, we have seen sportswashing Olympics held in China and Russia; Gulf states, such as Saudi Arabia - Speech Link
2: Lord Bassam of Brighton (Lab - Life peer) Arabia and Qatar.A BBC estimate suggests that Saudi Arabia has invested some £5 billion in sport since - Speech Link
Found: In 2020 Saudi Arabia set up the Red Sea Council (formally known as the Council of Arab and African Coastal
Mentions:
1: None expect the West to stand so firmly in support of Ukraine, with unprecedented sanctions and massive aid - Speech Link
2: None aid, and in the coming weeks we expect several more of our partners to sign bilateral security agreements - Speech Link
3: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) We were delighted that the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was able to visit Kyiv last - Speech Link
Found: The Houthis also launched drone and missile at tacks against the UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Mentions:
1: None capacity to harm our security and economic interest, to limit their impact on the flow of humanitarian aid - Speech Link
2: None Houthis’ recklessness and near-sightedness, considering that ‘Sea Champion’ has delivered humanitarian aid - Speech Link
3: Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent (Lab - Life peer) The Saudi-led intervention into the Yemeni civil war against the Houthis began nine years ago, almost - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The noble Lord makes a very good point—one brought out earlier by the involvement of Saudi Arabia. - Speech Link
Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023
Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North AfricaFound: Despite having been openly critical of Saudi Arabia due to the Khashoggi case, President Erdogan
Mentions:
1: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) Since being elected, I have raised the issue of arms licences for regimes such as Saudi Arabia, which - Speech Link
2: Brendan Clarke-Smith (Con - Bassetlaw) Israel was looking at a deal on relations with Saudi Arabia, so the hon. - Speech Link
3: Kenny MacAskill (Alba - East Lothian) It is aid to the Israeli military; it is aid to comfort their soldiers. - Speech Link
Found: The Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the U nited Arab Emirates (UAE) , Oman,