Question follow-through · 79982
Arms Trade: Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the end-use of UK arms exports to Israel to ensure compliance with international humanitarian law.
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- Answering body
- Department for Business and Trade
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the end-use of UK arms exports to Israel to ensure compliance with international humanitarian law.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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20 Oct 2025
Answer published
The UK’s approach to export licensing under the Strategic Export Licensing Criteria involves a rigorous risk assessment before a licence is issued. These checks consider the nature of the items, the end-users and proposed end uses, information on which is...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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