Question follow-through · 3834

Arms Trade: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of Israel’s degree of compliance with UK end-use arms export restrictions, and whether any deviations from stated restrictions have been recorded.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Answering body
Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
1 Jun 2026
Answer
2 Jun 2026 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of Israel’s degree of compliance with UK end-use arms export restrictions, and whether any deviations from stated restrictions have been recorded.

  2. 1 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 2 Jun 2026

    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...

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