Written question asked by Caroline Lucas (Green Party) on Thursday, 13 July 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 July 2017 (named day). It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 July 2017 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Yemen: Military Intervention

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 4 April 2017 to Question 69434 and pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2017 to Question 3308, on Yemen: military intervention, whether he is conducting any further investigations on where that helicopter was made; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: We have encouraged the Saudi-led Coalition to investigate this incident and publish the findings. The Saudis have their own internal procedures for investigations and they announced more detail of how they investigate such incidents of concern on 31 January 2016.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 4993
Session: 2017-19
Related items: Yemen: Military Intervention
Tuesday, 4 April 2017
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Subjects: Helicopters Military aircraft Yemen Military intervention
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