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What a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive.
Hillary Benn- Last week, the Minister of State told the House that he wanted to see “genuine intelligence evidence”. However, we know that human rights organisations have already reported what they regard as potential breaches. For instance, a hospital supported by Médecins Sans Frontières in northern Yemen was hit by a missile recently, and another MSF hospital in Sadaa was destroyed last October.
In the light of those reports, and given that the Government’s own policy is not to grant arms export licences if
“there is a clear risk that the items might be used in the commission of a serious violation of IHL”
—international humanitarian law—will the Foreign Secretary launch an immediate review of arms export licences for Saudi Arabia relating to the use of British-supplied weapons?
House of Commons Hansard Debates for 12 Jan 2016 (pt 0001) |
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