Liz Truss apologises over 'inadvertent' Saudi military sales
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The international trade secretary has written to the Commons committee on armed exports controls The UK's international trade secretary has apologised to a court for two breaches of a pledge not to licence exports to Saudi Arabia that could be used in the Yemen conflict. Ministers promised to stop approving shipments in June after a challenge by campaigners at the Court of Appeal. Liz Truss said the granting of licences for £435,000 of radio spares and a £200 air cooler for the Royal ...
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