Speaker, the hon Minister has now finally confessed to authorising the export of conventional arms to one of the most repressive countries in the world, namely Libya. This, despite the fact that the preamble to the legislation regulating conventional arms in our country states that we will not trade conventional arms with states engaged in repression, aggression or terrorism.
Won't the hon Minister tell us in plain language, with a simple yes or no, whether he authorised the export of more than 100 sniper rifles and more than 50 000 rounds of ammunition to Libya in 2010? If the answer is yes, would the hon Minister tell this House what it feels like to have blood on his hands? [Interjections.]