Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the present state of political, cultural, trade and military relations with Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement. [137838]

Alistair Burt, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State: The UK has strong relations with Saudi Arabia. For a full description of the UK's policy towards Saudi Arabia may I refer my right hon. Friend to the evidence submitted by the Government to the Foreign Affairs Committee Inquiry into the UK's relations with Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, which is available on the Committee's website:

www.parliament.uk/facom

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