Saudi Arabia: Cluster Munitions

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 24 January 2017.

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Photo of Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Roberts of Llandudno Liberal Democrat

To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which year cluster bombs were last sold by UK companies to the government of Saudi Arabia; and how many were sold in that year.

Photo of Earl Howe Earl Howe The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords

There were 500 UK-manufactured BL755 cluster munitions supplied to Saudi Arabia under a government-to-government agreement signed in 1986. The final delivery against this agreement was made in 1989.

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