Cameron to be asked to clarify claim he took no decision over Israel arms sales

Foreign secretary told MPs he had not made formal decision to continue, but papers reveal he recommended move

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The chair of the foreign affairs select committee is writing to the foreign secretary, David Cameron, asking him to clarify his claim that he had not taken any formal decision to allow arms sales to Israel to continue amid the Gaza crisis.

Written evidence presented by the UK Department for Business and Trade shows the foreign secretary on 8 December recommended arms sales licences be allowed to continue when presented with three options: stopping arms sales, pausing them in Gaza, or allowing them to continue.