Urgent Question on conflict in Yemen: 12 December 2016
12 December 2016 (updated on 12 December 2016)
Minister for Africa and the Middle East, Tobias Ellwood, responded to an Urgent Question asked by Keith Vaz, Labour MP for Leicester East, in the House of Commons on conflict in Yemen on 12 December 2016.
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The House of Commons Library produces briefing papers to inform MPs and their staff of key issues. The papers contain factual information and a range of opinions on each subject, and aim to be politically impartial.
The Library has published a briefing paper on Yemen at war which contains more information.
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