Speeches

Baroness Whitaker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Whitaker on 2016-05-24.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether UK cluster bombs have been sold to the government of Saudi Arabia; and if so, when.

Earl Howe

The Governments of the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed an agreement in August 1986 that covered the supply of BL-775 cluster munitions to the Royal Saudi Air Force. The last of these were supplied in early 1989. We are not aware of the sale of any other UK cluster munitions to Saudi Arabia.