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<id>33533</id>
<session>2006-07</session>
<number>1713</number>
<title>Al Yamamah Contract</title>
<proposer id="10084">Vincent Cable</proposer>
<date>2007-06-15</date>
<text>That this House expresses serious concern at the decision to halt the Serious Fraud Office's inquiry into BAe Systems' business dealings in Saudi Arabia; believes that transparency and parliamentary scrutiny of arms export contracts is essential; notes the UK's international obligations on the prevention of bribery and the damage to the UK's international reputation caused by the closure of this inquiry in breach of those obligations; further notes that inquiries by hon. and right hon. Members in the House and through parliamentary questions have been largely evaded; and therefore calls on the Government to release all information relating to the Al Yamamah contract including the 1992 National Audit Office report and to launch a full public inquiry into the Government's role in the affair.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>2007-06-15</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10439">Michael Moore</mp>
		<date>2007-06-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10269">David Heath</mp>
		<date>2007-06-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Somerton &amp; Frome</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11032">Norman Lamb</mp>
		<date>2007-06-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>North Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11783">Susan Kramer</mp>
		<date>2007-06-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Richmond Park</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10298">Simon Hughes</mp>
		<date>2007-06-15</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>North Southwark and Bermondsey</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10968">Paul Holmes</mp>
		<date>2007-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2007-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11036">David Laws</mp>
		<date>2007-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Yeovil</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2007-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>2007-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>2007-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2007-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10657">Derek Wyatt</mp>
		<date>2007-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sittingbourne and Sheppey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11707">John Leech</mp>
		<date>2007-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11458">Stephen Williams</mp>
		<date>2007-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11489">Mark Williams</mp>
		<date>2007-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2007-06-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2007-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10754">Annette Brooke</mp>
		<date>2007-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Dorset and North Poole</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10203">Paul Flynn</mp>
		<date>2007-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newport West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11823">Lorely Burt</mp>
		<date>2007-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Solihull</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13712">Willie Rennie</mp>
		<date>2007-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dunfermline and West Fife</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="13735">Dai Davies</mp>
		<date>2007-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaenau Gwent</constituency>
		<party>Independent</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11174">John Pugh</mp>
		<date>2007-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southport</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2007-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate and Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11494">Martin Horwood</mp>
		<date>2007-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11345">Richard Younger-Ross</mp>
		<date>2007-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Teignbridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10527">Adrian Sanders</mp>
		<date>2007-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torbay</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11420">John Hemming</mp>
		<date>2007-06-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Yardley</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>2007-07-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2007-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2007-07-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes and Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11971">Jo Swinson</mp>
		<date>2007-10-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Dunbartonshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11784">Paul Rowen</mp>
		<date>2007-10-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rochdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>