1.   Human rights organisations and campaigners seeking to clean up the arms trade welcomed the report as a step towards transparency.

2.   The chairman dismissed the report as pure speculation.

3.   Soon afterwards there was a loud report as the fuel tanks exploded.

4.   ...Brigadier Ferguson was mentioned in the report as being directly responsible.

5.   Saudi officials have dismissed such reports as rumours.

6.   I welcome the report as a herald of more freedom, not less.

7.   Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation.

8.   A ministry official described the report as groundless.

9.   A Foreign Office spokesman denied the reports as baseless and mischievous.