Formal Minutes
Tuesday 12 November 2013
Members present:
Richard Ottaway, in the Chair
| Mr John Baron
Ann Clwyd
Mark Hendrick
| | Andrew Rosindell
Mr Frank Roy
Sir John Stanley
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Draft Report (The UK's relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain),
proposed by the Chair, brought up and read.
Ordered, That the draft
Report be read a second time, paragraph by paragraph.
Paragraphs 1 to 5 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 6 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 7 to 9 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 10 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 11 to 19 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 20 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 21 to 28 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 29 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 30 to 45 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 46 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 47 to 54 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 55 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 56 to 71 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 72 read.
Amendment made.
Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the paragraph,
to add "However, given the continued lack of transparency
in connection with some defence sales, corruption remains a potential
concern."—(Ann Clwyd.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraphs 73 and 74 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 75 read.
Amendments made.
Another Amendment proposed, at the end of the paragraph,
to add "Given that some UK civil servants and staff in
Saudi Arabia are effectively paid by the Saudi Government, and
work closely with their Saudi counterparts, there is the potential
for conflicts of interests to arise. In response to this report,
the UK Government should address this concern."—(Ann
Clwyd.)
Question put, That the Amendment be made.
The Committee divided.
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Ayes, 1
Ann Clwyd
| | Noes, 4
Mr John Baron
Mark Hendrick
Mr Frank Roy
Sir John Stanley
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Amendment accordingly negatived.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraphs 76 and 77 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 78 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 79 to 132 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 133 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 134 to 137 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 138 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraph 139 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 140 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 141 to 147 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 148 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 149 to 156 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 157 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 4, to leave out "commend"
and insert "note".—(Ann Clwyd.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 158 to 161 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 162 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 163 to 166 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 167 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 7, to leave out from
"Bahrain" to the end of the paragraph.—(Ann
Clwyd.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 168 and 169 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 170 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 2, to leave out "particularly
welcome its commitment" and insert "believe it
is important that it remains committed".—(Ann
Clwyd.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.
Paragraph agreed to.
Paragraphs 171 to 179 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 180 read.
Amendment proposed, in line 3, after "policies."
to insert "It should also take into account any strong
public feeling in Bahrain about the provision of defence equipment".—(Ann
Clwyd.)
Question proposed, That the Amendment be made:—Amendment,
by leave, withdrawn.
An Amendment made.
Paragraph, as amended, agreed to.
Paragraphs 181 to 209 read and agreed to.
Paragraph 210 read, amended and agreed to.
Paragraphs 211 to 232 read and agreed to.
Summary read and agreed to.
Annex A read, amended and agreed to.
Annex B read and agreed to.
A Paper was appended to the report as Appendix 1.
Resolved, That the Report,
as amended, be the Fifth Report of the Committee to the House.
Ordered, That the Chair
make the Report to the House.
The following written evidence, ordered to be reported
to the House for publication on 18 December 2012 in the previous
Session of Parliament, was ordered to be reported to the House
for printing with the Report:
1 Sir Roger Tomkys (SAB 02)
2 Robin Lamb (SAB 55)
3 Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) (SAB
59)
4 Human Rights Watch (SAB 38)
5 Amnesty International (SAB 65)
6 Caroline Montagu (SAB 61)
7 The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) (SAB
40)
The following written evidence, ordered to be reported
to the House for publication on 14 May 2013, was ordered to be
reported to the House for printing with the Report:
1 Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (SAB 36) (Part
of the submission)
2 Chris Doyle, Director of the Council for the
Advancement of Arab British Understanding (Caabu) (SAB 67)
3 Middle East Association (SAB 68)
4 Sir Tom Phillips (SAB 69)
5 Al Wefaq National Islamic Society, Liberties
and Human Rights Department (SAB 62) (Part of the submission)
6 Supplementary written evidence from Alistair
Burt MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth
Office (SAB 71)
The following written evidence, ordered to be reported
to the House for publication on 16 July 2013, was ordered to be
reported to the House for printing with the Report:
1 Al Wefaq National Islamic Society (SAB 66)
Ordered, That embargoed
copies of the Report be made available, in accordance with the
provisions of Standing Order No. 134.
[Adjourned till Tuesday 19 November at 1.45 pm.
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