Ministers accused of 'signing a death warrant for the people of Yemen' by selling billions of pounds worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, 'the UK's biggest arms customer'
then the minister in charge of trade, to the effect that: “My gut tells me we should suspend [the arms sales]. This would be prudent and cautious given the acknowledged gaps in knowledge about Saudi operations.”
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