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F-35 Aircraft: Components

Commons · Question 55527 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record

Answered 10 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Marsha De Cordova

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of steps taken by his Department to (a) track the final destination of F-35 components and (b) ensure F-35 components are not used by the Israeli military.

Answer

Answered by Douglas Alexander, 10 Jun 2025

Once parts are exported from the UK to the global F-35 programme, the UK does not have access to information about the movement of individual components, and does not have control over whether components in the global spares pool or aircraft assembly faci...