UK ARMS SALES TO SAUDI ARABIA

Early day motion 2556, tabled 27 June 2019 by Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru). Signed by 23 members.

That this House recognises the decision by the Court of Appeal to rule UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia as unlawful; regrets that the UK has licenced nearly £5 billion of arms exports to Saudi Arabia since the start of the Yemen war, in which Saudi Arabia has been leading a coalition of airstrikes; further regrets the bombing in Yemen has created an unprecedented humanitarian crisis, which, according to the UN, has seen at least 7,070 civilians being killed and 11,205 injured, with 65 per cent of deaths attributed to Saudi-led coalition air strikes; and urges the UK Government to comply with the court ruling to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and all other repressive regimes.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 8, Labour 6, Plaid Cymru 4, DUP 1, Green 1, Independent 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.