Statement on relationship between the UK and Saudi Arabia
5 January 2016 (updated on 5 January 2016)
The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Tobias Ellwood, made a statement in the House of Commons on the relationship between UK and Saudi Arabia.
Shadow Foreign Secretary, Hilary Benn, responded to the statement on behalf of the Opposition.
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