Israel: Nuclear Weapons
Commons · Question 128658 · Tabled 21 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 27 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Jeremy Corbyn
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports that Israel is modernising its nuclear weapons programme.
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 27 Apr 2026
The UK's longstanding position on these questions was set out by the previous government on 27 November 2023 in their answer to Question 2945, which - for ease of reference - is reproduced below:"Israel has never declared a nuclear weapons programme....