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Arms Export Controls

I compliment my hon. Friend on the work he has done to bring about justice for the Palestinian people. Following the point made by the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling (Sir John Stanley), is my hon. Friend aware that the substantial Saferworld memorandum to the Committee pointed out that concerns have been expressed about arms exports to Israel for the past five or six years? The issue relates not just to the recent conflict in Gaza, but to the many Palestinian deaths during the occupation and the second intifada while we were still exporting arms and equipment—particularly naval equipment—to Israel.