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...