§ Lord Ahmedasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they have any evidence that oil revenues are being used by the Government of Sudan for the purchase of arms. [HL1376]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)We have no such evidence.
We have pressed for revenues to be used for development projects and for transparency in the oil account. The Government of Sudan have made public assurances that this will happen. We shall look to them to honour those assurances and shall remain focused on this issue as evidence becomes available.