Select committee: Committees on Arms Export Controls
Use of UK-manufactured arms in Yemen inquiry
Closed
Opened 10 Mar 2016
Closed 10 Mar 2016
Committees on Arms Export Controls Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Inquiry scope (the committee's words)
The inquiry will look at the size of arms sales to the gulf region and ask questions about the role the trade plays in advancing UK interests there. It will also examine if weapons manufactured in the UK have been used by the Royal Saudi Armed Forces in Yemen, if any arms export licence criteria have been infringed and discuss what action should be taken in such cases.
Where it stands
The inquiry is closed, opened 10 March 2016.
The committee has not published a report yet.
Evidence
- 3 oral evidence sessionsLatest 27 April 2016
Recent activity
- Letter, 14 December 2016, to Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, from IDC and CAEC, concerning UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia15 December 2016, Correspondence
- Letter, 21 September 2016, to Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, FCO, from IDC and CAEC, concerning Yemen and the UN Human Rights Council22 September 2016, Correspondence
- Oral evidence session27 April 2016, Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions
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Correspondence
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