§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
What collaboration there is between the Ministry of Defence and the United States Department of Defence, and between the British arms industries and the American arms industries, in arming Saudi Arabia and whether it extends to the so-called "Peace Shield" air defence C31 system being set up in Saudi Arabia.
§ Lord HenleyThere are no collaborative arrangements between my department and the US Department of Defence to supply defence equipment to Saudi Arabia. Many British defence systems supplied to Saudi Arabia are likely to include US sub-systems, however, and vice versa. Details of such industrial collaborations are commercially confidential.