David Lammy responds to David Cameron's refusal to publish the legal advice the government has received on arms sales

David Lammy MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, responding to David Cameron's refusal to publish the legal advice the government has received on arms sales, said:

“This simply is not good enough. David Cameron is still hiding from scrutiny, by stating that arms sales will continue without even publishing a summary of the legal advice or offering any rationale behind his decision.

“The Foreign Secretary should come to the Bar of the House of Commons on its return to take urgent questions from MPs on the content of the Foreign Office's legal advice, the time period of the advice he is referring to and what impact political pressure from other members of the Cabinet had on his decision.

“It's vital the UK is not complicit in any breach. If there is a clear risk that UK arms might be used in a serious breach of international humanitarian law, the government must suspend the sale of those arms.”