MP Asks To See Unpublished Reports On Saudi Strikes In Yemen

Liberal Democrat Tom Brake has tabled a question in parliament following a select committee report into Saudi Arabia’s bombing campaign in Yemen.

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A Liberal Democrat MP, Tom Brake, has tabled a question in parliament asking for the foreign secretary to make public reports his department has received from the Saudi Arabian military regarding the Saudi-led coalition's bombing campaign in Yemen.

The existence of the reports was revealed last week by Philip Dunne, the minister for defence procurement, at the committee on arms exports controls. He said that officials based in Riyadh were receiving reports from the Saudi air force into its raids in Yemen.

Brake's question was tabled the day after the international development select committee published a report concluding that government's claim that Saudi Arabia's campaign has not breached international humanitarian law was "deeply disappointing".

David Cameron's governments have overseen the sale of over £5.6 billion of military licences to Saudi Arabia since 2010, according to research published by Campaign Against Arms Trade. The UK's support for the kingdom has generated overwhelming criticism from campaigners, who accuse them of breaking international law.

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