David Lammy criticizes Lord Cameron for not publishing the legal advice on arms sales and calls for urgent questions to be answered.
Labour 's shadow foreign secretary , David Lammy , criticizes the government for refusing to publish the legal advice on arms sales . The foreign secretary, Lord Cameron , states that arms sales will continue without providing any rationale or summary of the legal advice . Lammy calls for urgent questions to be answered regarding the content and time period of the advice, as well as the influence of political pressure on the decision.
He emphasizes the importance of not being complicit in any breach of international humanitarian law and urges the government to suspend the sale of arms if there is a clear risk of such a breach
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