F-35 Aircraft: Spare Parts
Commons · Question 56810 · Tabled 3 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Rachael Maskell
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether steps are available to him to have a carve out of the F35 global components pool placing a moratorium on the use of UK manufactured parts by the Israeli government.
Answer
Answered by Douglas Alexander, 9 Jun 2025
Once parts are exported from the UK to the F-35 global spares pool and aircraft assembly facilities, due to the design of the programme, the UK does not have control over whether components are used for specific customer nations or not. The UK cannot make...