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Arms Export Controls

I am sorry that I missed the first part of the right hon. Gentleman's speech and I thank him for the way in which he is presenting the report. He makes a good point about the suspension of licences. Is it the case, however, that licences are suspended once weapons or equipment are used and the media choose to report it? The abuse of human rights has been going on for a long time. The abuse of human rights in Bahrain is not new, and neither is the abuse of individual human rights in Saudi Arabia. What is different in Bahrain is that the world's media have been on the ground reporting on the treatment of those who are opposed to the regime, which has provoked the suspension.