Proceeding contribution from Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 7 February 2007. It occurred during Opposition day on Al-Yamamah Arms Agreement.

Al-Yamamah Arms Agreement

The hon. Gentleman talks about the economic benefits of the deal and the value of relations with Saudi Arabia. The Solicitor-General mentioned part of article 5 of the OECD convention on bribery, but is the hon. Gentleman aware that the rest of it reads:"““Investigation and prosecution of the bribery… shall not be influenced by considerations of national economic interest””" or"““the potential effect upon relations with another state””?" Those considerations are not material—or they should not be material—to the dropping of the investigation.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 456 c882
Session: 2006-07
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Contracts Air traffic control Corruption Arms trade Ministry of Defence Terrorism Serious Fraud Office USA Saudi Arabia Committee of Public Accounts al Qaeda Tanzania BAE Systems
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Al-Yamamah Arms Agreement

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